Liyang Hou (1979) is currently Professor of Competition Law, Assistant Dean of International Programs, Director of the Center for European Law, Director of the Center for Law and Economics, and Deputy Director of the Center for Competition Law and Policy at KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai). In 2007-2011 he worked as an assistant researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). He started his professorship at KoGuan in 2011. He is Editor in Chief of Chinese Antitrust Cases Database (with Kluwer), a member of Editorial Board of Computer Law & Security Review, and Executive Editor in Chief of Competition Law and Policy Review (in Chinese). Liyang is also a fellow in Academic Society for Competition Law, Pacific Telecommunications Council, Asian Competition Forum, Shanghai Competition Law Association, and China Economic Law Association. He has published about 10 books and more than 50 academic articles in internationally renowned journals. His representative work includes Competition Law and Regulation in the EU Electronic Communications Sector (Kluwer, 2012), "Reshaping Market, Competition and Regulation in EU Utility Liberalization" (CMLR, 2015), and "Can Open Internet Access be Imposed upon European CATV Networks?" (TelePo, 2013). His research covers a variety of domains, including competition law, telecom regulation, innovation, economic analysis of law and comparative law.
Education
Doctor of Law (no grading system for this degree), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2011
LLM (magna cum laude，first in class) , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2007
Master of Law (distinction) , China University of Political Science and Law, 2004
Bachelor of Law (distinction) , Beijing Institute of Technology，2001
Experience
KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Assistant Dean of International Relations, 2016 -
Full Professor, 2015 -
Deputy Director, Center for Competition Law and Policy, 2014 -
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs，2013 - 2015
Executive Director, Center for European Law, 2012 -
Associate Professor, 2011 - 2015
Faculty of Law，Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Assistant Researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, 2007 - 2011
Email: liyang.hou@sjtu.edu.cn
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