Rianne Letschert
{{short description|Dutch law scholar (born 1976)}}
Rianne Monique Letschert (born 13 September 1976) is a Dutch law scholar. Since November 2021 she has been president of Maastricht University. Previously Letschert was professor of victimology and international law at Tilburg University between March 2011 and September 2016.{{cite news|author=Ellen de Bruin |url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/04/22/rianne-letschert-39-rector-van-universiteit-maastricht |title=Rianne Letschert (39) rector van Universiteit Maastricht |newspaper=NRC |date=22 April 2016 |accessdate=22 April 2016}} From September 2016 until 1 February 2022 she was rector of Maastricht University.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/organisation/executive-board/prof-dr-rianne-letschert |title=Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert Rector Magnificus Maastricht University |publisher=Maastricht University |date= |accessdate=11 October 2016}}
Career
Letschert was born in Doetinchem on 13 September 1976.{{cite web|author=Joke Knoop |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/shared/resources/documents/rianneletschertbrabantsdagblad.pdf |title="Hoe hoger je komt, hoe minder tegenspraak" |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date= |accessdate=21 April 2016}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/leden/leden/14042?set_language=en |title=Rianne Letschert |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}} She moved at an early age to Stiphout in the municipality of Helmond. In Helmond she attended high school.{{cite web|author=Niek Willems |url=https://universonline.nl/2015/06/02/rianne-letschert-werkte-in-een-bouwmarkt-maar-was-allesbehalve-handig |title=Rianne Letschert: werkte in een bouwmarkt, maar was allesbehalve handig |language=Dutch |publisher=Universonline |date=2 June 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ed.nl/regio/helmond/rianne-letschert-uit-helmond-voorzitter-jonge-akademie-1.4825817 |title=Rianne Letschert uit Helmond voorzitter Jonge Akademie |language=Dutch |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=26 March 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Letschert studied law at Tilburg University, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Montpellier. She obtained her PhD at Tilburg University with a thesis titled The impact of minority rights mechanisms (2005), dealing with competing international organisations making policy on national minorities.{{cite news|author=Ellen de Bruin |url=http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/09/zonder-beurs-was-ik-gestopt-met-de-wetenschap-1577846 |title='Zonder beurs was ik gestopt met de wetenschap' |language=Dutch |newspaper=NRC Handelsblad |date=9 January 2016 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}
In 2011 Letschert was appointed as professor to the new chair of victimology and international law at Tilburg University.{{cite web|author= |url=http://uvtapp.uvt.nl/fsw/spits.npc.showpressreleasecm?v_id=5601851781817973 |title=Rianne Letschert benoemd tot hoogleraar Victimologie en internationaal recht |language=Dutch |publisher=Tilburg University |date=21 March 2011 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Several years later Letschert contemplated leaving academics. In May 2015 she was awarded an 800,000 Euro grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and decided to continue.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/Talent+Scheme/awards/vidi+awards/vidi+awards+2014 |title=Vidi Awards 2014 |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |date=4 June 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Her research focused on the impact of international tribunals on societies and individuals that have been confronted with human rights violations and international crimes.{{cite web|author= |url=http://fd.nl/incoming/1129658/mensen-om-in-de-gaten-te-houden |title=Mensen om in de gaten te houden |language=Dutch |publisher=Financieel Dagblad |date=12 December 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Apart from her position as professor she served as director of the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT).{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/intervict/staff/ |title=Staff & Research Fellows INTERVICT |publisher=Tilburg University |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}} In 2016 Letschert was asked to become dean of the Law faculty of Tilburg University. However, on 1 September 2016 she was appointed as rector of Maastricht University.{{cite news|author=Jan Tromp |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/goedlachse-powervrouw-als-rector-magnificus-van-universteit-maastricht~a4306393/ |title=Goedlachse powervrouw als rector-magnificus van Universteit Maastricht |newspaper=de Volkskrant |date=24 May 2016 |accessdate=10 June 2016}}
Letschert joined the De Jonge Akademie (Young Academy) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/nieuws/tien-nieuwe-toppers-voor-de-jonge-akademie |title=Ten new top researchers join The Young Academy |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date=20 November 2012 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} In April 2015 she became chairperson. Due to her appointment as rector magnificus of Maastricht University she was succeeded as chairperson by Rens Vliegenthart in June 2016.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/rens-vliegenthart-nieuwe-voorzitter-de-jonge-akademie |title=Rens Vliegenthart nieuwe voorzitter De Jonge Akademie |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=3 June 2016 |accessdate=6 June 2016}} Letschert was a Schermer Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the period between February and June 2016.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nias.knaw.nl/fellows/year-group-2015-16/letschert-rianne |title=Letschert, Rianne |publisher=Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}}
External links
- [https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/organisation/executive-board/prof-dr-rianne-letschert Profile Maastricht University]
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=CeZxamAAAAAJ Profile Google Scholar]
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Category:International law scholars
Category:Academic staff of Maastricht University
Category:People from Doetinchem
Category:Rectors of universities in the Netherlands
Category:Tilburg University alumni