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Xandra Kramer is a distinguished professor specializing in Private International Law, currently at Utrecht University and previously at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She combines her professorship with a role as a Deputy Judge at the District Court in Rotterdam. With a summa cum laude law degree from Leiden University, she later earned her Ph.D. focusing on provisional measures in private international law. Throughout her academic career, she has made significant contributions as an assistant and associate professor before being appointed a full professor in February 2011. Her research interests include the intersection of economic efficiency and procedural fairness, particularly in relation to civil justice systems and transnational litigation. Professor Kramer has received numerous grants for her projects, including a prestigious VIDI-grant and an ERC consolidator grant aimed at addressing challenges in EU civil justice. Her work is recognized internationally, including her election as a member of the Dutch Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in 2019. She actively participates in various councils and committees that influence European and international legal frameworks, focusing on topics such as collective actions, international contracting, and the digitization of civil justice.
Utrecht University • Utrecht
Lectures and conducts research in the area of private international law.
Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam
Held a chair in European Civil Procedure and focused on private law.
District Court Rotterdam • Rotterdam
Serves as a deputy judge in addition to her academic roles.
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