Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE) is pleased to announce the ninth annual conference on competition policy on 5-6 June 2025 in Bergen, Norway. This year, the conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.

The conference will combine sessions with invited speakers with presentations and discussions of original research papers in the fields of competition law and competition economics.

For the open sessions at the BECCLE conference, we now invite submissions of original research papers. Papers should be in the field of competition law and economics. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers, as well as case studies. Lawyers are in particular encouraged to submit contributions.

Submission of papers

Papers should be submitted as a pdf-file to beccle2025@uib.no, no later than February 1, 2025. Submissions should include title, abstract (up to 200 words), name of author(s), affiliation, and contact details. Submissions of full papers are recommended, but we will also accept extended abstracts.

Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than March 1, 2025. All papers will be allocated a discussant, and presenters may be asked to discuss a paper.

Keynote speakers and invited sessions

There will be two keynote speakers:

• Professor Fiona Scott Morton at Yale School of Management
• Professor Herbert Hovenkamp at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School

In addition, there will be invited sessions with three invited speakers on each session. These will be announced in due course.

Additional information

There is no conference fee. We offer lunch free of charge to all attendees. We also offer a conference dinner (free of charge) to all presenters. For updates on the conference, please revisit this website leading up to the conference. Information about the program, registration, and other practical information will be published here.

Time and location of the event

The event will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, 5-6 June 2025

Address: Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1

Contact Please use the email address localbeccle@uib.no if you have questions.

Scientific Committee

• Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
• Frode Steen (NHH)
• Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen (U Bergen)
• Ronny Gjendemsjø (U Bergen)
• Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (U Bergen)
• Bjørn Olav Johansen (U Bergen)
• Eeva Mauring (U Bergen)
• Lars Sørgard (NHH)
• Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund (U Bergen)
• Thomas Vinje (U Bergen)
• Mateusz Mysliwski (NHH)
• Morten Sæthre (NHH)
• Teis Lunde Lømo (HVL)
• Tove Forsbacka (NHH)
• Oscar Jara (NHH)

Local Organizing Committee

• Elias Dahlberg
• John Lilletvedt
• Aurora Paulsen
• Paula Navarro
• Karianne Frønsdal

For program for earlier years, see HERE.