Dr. Dion Kramer

Biography

Dion Kramer works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Transnational Legal Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He teaches courses on European International Law and conducts research focusing on the law and politics of European integration. He received his Bachelor degrees in European Studies and Law from the University of Amsterdam, and completed a research master's in International Relations at the University of Cambridge in 2013. He obtained his LL.M. in European Union Law from the University of Amsterdam in 2014. Dion completed his PhD on 'Earning Social Citizenship: Free Movement, National Welfare and the European Court of Justice' with distinction in November 2020. His dissertation explored the interaction between the Court's jurisprudence and Member State responses to free movement rights in relation to national welfare states within the EU. Since November 2021, he has been a member of the Amsterdam Young Academy, where he currently serves as co-chair. His recent research interests have included the regulation of the cross-border platform economy and the rights of homeless EU citizens. He has received various awards for his academic work, including the Erasmus Dissertation Prize in 2021. Dion is actively involved in supervising PhD projects and teaching at both BA and master's levels in European Union Law, and has designed and coordinated multiple courses in this field.

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