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"Cooperating in the development of competition law and economics academics in new jurisdictions" [2012] ELECD 836; in Whish, Richard; Townley, Christopher (eds), "New Competition Jurisdictions" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: New Competition Jurisdictions

Editor(s): Whish, Richard; Townley, Christopher

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939517

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Cooperating in the development of competition law and economics academics in new jurisdictions

Number of pages: 42

Extract:

10. Cooperating in the development
of competition law and economics
academics in new jurisdictions
Christopher Townley, Heba Shahein and
Richard Whish1

1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter, like the final session of the ASCOLA conference upon
which it is based, is devoted to understanding the difficulties faced by
young competition law and economics academics (and those considering
becoming competition academics) in new jurisdictions (in this chapter,
New Academics). It also asks what ASCOLA, or individual ASCOLA
members, can do to help, in particular, those in poorer countries.
New Academics face myriad difficulties in the developing world. They
often include feelings of isolation, a lack of training (in both research and
teaching), and limited infrastructure (there may be no broadband access,
for example, and libraries can be sparse). So, it is often hard to persuade
people to even consider academia as a career choice. It is even harder to
generate interest in becoming a competition law and economics academic,
partly because these disciplines are often unknown in new jurisdictions,
which often means that there are few role models there.
Richard, Heba and I want something sustainable to come out of this
conference: something that will encourage investment in research and
teaching in competition law and economics, particularly in young people
from new jurisdictions. Often those considering becoming academics, or
those who are just starting out on this road, have the toughest time. The
idea is to challenge ASCOLA's worldwide membership to help them.
Given that we are an international network for competition ...