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Alexandre de Streel is professor of European law at the University of Namur and visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. He is also academic director of the digital research programme at the Brussels think-tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and member of decision panel at the Belgian Competition Authority. He sits in the scientific committees of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (US), the European University Institute-Centre for a Digital Society (Italy) and Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (Germany).

His main research areas are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy (telecommunications, platforms and data) as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence. He regulatory advised the European Union and international organisations on digital regulation.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, European University Institute in Florence, Panthéon-Assas (Singapore campus), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and the University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the European Commission and has been the chair the expert group on the online platform economy advising the European Commission.

Research institutes

Namur Digital Institute - Membre - Président(e) d'un institut de recherche

Research center

Organs

Domains of expertise

  • Regulation of digital industries
  • European competition policy, particularly for digital industries
  • Regulation of network industries
  • Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Law
  • Sharing Economy
  • European institutional law and governance of the European Union
  • Economic and Monetary Union

External responsibilities

  • Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Paris and College of Europe
  • Academic Director, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), Brussels
  • Assessor, Belgian Competition Authority
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of Knight-Georgetown Institute (US), the European University Institute-Centre for a Digital Society (Italy) and Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (Germany).
  • Member of the editorial board of the Revue du droit des technologies de l'Information (RDTI)

Degrees

  • PhD in Law, European University Institute, Florence
  • Second degree in economics - Université Catholique de Louvain

2024-2025

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