Oliver Budzinski is Full Professor (Chair) of Economic Theory and the Director of the Institute of Economics at Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany. He received his PhD from Hanover University and has served in academic positions at Marburg University, New York University, and Syddansk Universitet. His research specializes in competition economics and policy, media and digital economics, as well as sports economics. In these fields, he has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 50 chapters in collected volumes, conference proceedings, and handbooks.