CLEEN is the Competition Law and Economics European Network. Its first annual conference was held in 2007.
The cooperation is aimed at the joint organization of conferences and workshops, exchange of data and ideas, the exchange of (PhD) researchers and – ultimately – joint research. So far, 14 successful events took place, the latest having been held in October 2024 at TILEC.
The network comprises, in addition to BECCLE:
- The Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE) at the University of Amsterdam
- The Centre for Infocommunication Law at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
- The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia
- The Centre for Market and Public Organization (CMPO) at the University of Bristol
- The Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation, MACCI, University of Mannheim
- The Max-Planck Institute for research on collective goods, Bonn
- The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence
- The Tilburg Law and Economics Center, TILEC, Tilburg University
CLEEN Events
2025
The Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE) at the Norwegian School of Economics and the University of Bergen agreed to host the 17th CLEEN workshop October 17-18 2025 in Bergen, Norway.
2024
The Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University hosted the 16th CLEEN Workshop on 10 and 11 October 2024.
2023
The Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) in cooperation with the ZEW Centre for European Economic Research and the University of Mannheim hosted the 15th CLEEN annual conference on 25-26 May.
2019-22
- The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia, Norwich hosted the events for four consecutive years thanks to external funding.
2017-18
No event took place.
2016
The Max-Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn hosted the 10th CLEEN Workshop on 24-25 May 2016.
2015
The Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University, Tilburg hosted the 9th CLEEN workshop on 28-29 May 2015.
2014
The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia, Norwich hosted the 8th CLEEN workshop on 10-11 June 2014.
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2013
The Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics, BECCLE, hosted the 7th CLEEN workshop in Bergen, Norway on 13-14 May 2013.
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2012
The Mannheim Center for Competition and Innovation hosted the 6th CLEEN workshop in Mannheim, Germany, 10-11 May 2012.
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2011
The European University Institute hosted the 5th CLEEN workshop in Florence on 9-10 May.
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2010
The Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, ACLE, hosted the 4th CLEEN workshop in Amsterdam on 21 April 2010.
Keynote speakers were Jan Boone (TILEC) and Christopher Engel (Bonn).
2009
The Tilburg Law and Economics Center, TILEC, hosted the 3rd CLEEN workshop at Tilburg University in The Netherlands on 14-15 May 2009.
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2008
The Centre for Competition Policy, CCP, hosted the 2nd CLEEN workshop at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK on 11-13 June 2008. At the initiative of CCP, the workshop was specifically designed to showcase the work of the network’s young researchers.
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2007
The Max-Planck Institute for Research and Collective Goods hosted the first CLEEN workshop in Bonn, Germany, in December 2007.