Behrang Kianzad

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The DMA, AI Act and Data Act foreground “fairness”, but enforcement remains under-specified. This project develops an interdisciplinary test for “inequitable exchange” in platform markets, aligning Article 102(a) (unfair prices/trading conditions) with DMA fairness/contestability and AI/data duties (transparency, non-discrimination). It shows how algorithmic governance can amplify abuses like personalised pricing and self-preferencing, and sketches workable evidentiary benchmarks.

Outputs: working paper/journal manuscript and a WI seminar/webinar. Fit: WI work on digital markets and power/accountability; links: Volker Stocker; Jeanette Hofmann/Clara Iglesias Keller; Simon Schröer/Herbert Zech.

Research Group: Digital Economy, Internet Ecosystem, and Internet Policy (12.-25.05.2026)