Aysem’s research interests lie in EU and UK Competition Law (broadly commercial law) and Information Technology Law.
Dr Aysem Diker Vanberg is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Department of Law, at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is specialised in commercial law. She is a recognised authority on competition law, data protection law, digital markets and online platforms. Her work has been cited by academic and legal practitioners in the UK and globally.
Prior to joining Goldsmiths, Aysem worked at the University of Greenwich and Anglia Ruskin University as a Senior Lecturer and as an Associate Lecturer and Research Associate at the University of Essex.
Aysem holds a PhD from the University of Essex, an LLM from the University of Bremen and an LLB( Hons) from the University of Ankara (Turkey). She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Aysem is also a qualified Turkish lawyer. Before moving to the UK, she worked as a lead in-house counsel for multinational companies including MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG and Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal.
Academic qualifications
The Postgraduate Certificate in Education 2016
PhD in Competition Law 2015
LLM in European Law and International Law 2004
LLB (Hons) Law 2000
Research interests
Aysem’s research interests lie in EU and UK Competition Law and Information Technology Law. Her research expertise sits at the intersection of law and technology considering issues of fundamental rights amidst machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Aysem is a recognised authority on competition law, data protection law, digital markets and online platforms. Her work has been cited by academic and legal practitioners in the UK and globally, including Facebook Vice President Erin Egan in a Facebook policy paper ‘Chartering a Way Forward: Data Portability and Privacy’.
She was also invited to participate in a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports consultation, sharing input on the right to data portability and its enforcement in the UK, being subsequently cited in the seminal report on ‘Data Mobility: The personal data portability growth opportunity for the UK economy.
Currently, Aysem is authoring a book chapter on the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA). The chapter analyses whether the DMA will be able to complement the enforcement of competition law at the EU and national level by tackling unfair practices by gatekeepers that either fall outside the scope of the existing competition rules or practices that cannot be effectively addressed by EU competition rules. She is also working on a monograph which examines the application of Article 102 TFEU to digital platforms.
Grants and awards
2021:
The Peter Harris Trust Fund
Organised a symposium at Greenwich University on digital rights.
2018:
BBC TV
Discussion of the GDPR and and its impact on consumers and businesses.
Conferences and talks
2021:
The British and Irish Law Education Technology Association (BILETA) Conference
Complementing competition law for the digital economy- The Digital Markets Act
