Dr. Alexandra Timmer

Biography

Alexandra Timmer is an Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at Utrecht University and an affiliated researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). Her research focuses on equality, non-discrimination, European Union law, the European Convention on Human Rights, international human rights treaties, and Dutch law, with a particularly keen interest in gender law. In 2017, she was awarded the prestigious Veni grant from the Dutch Scientific Organization (NWO) for her research project entitled 'Gender Injustice: Historical Development and Contemporary Challenges in European Human Rights Law'. Timmer teaches courses in human rights law, public international law, and non-discrimination law at both the Bachelor's and Master's levels, and is also the program coordinator for Utrecht University’s Legal Research Master from 2019 to 2025. Furthermore, she is a co-director of the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) and has been appointed as a member of the Dutch State Commission against Discrimination and Racism. In addition, she has served as a senior coordinator for the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination since 2015. Timmer has collaborated on various international projects, including leading a work package for the large-scale EU FP-7 funded project 'FRAME' from 2013 to 2017. Her academic credentials include a PhD obtained from Ghent University in 2014, an LL.M. from Leiden University, and a Fulbright scholarship for study at Columbia University.

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