Anniek de Ruijter

Prof. Anniek de Ruijter is an Associate Professor in Health Law at Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on EU health policy, public health governance, and crisis management. She has published extensively on the expansion of EU legal frameworks in healthcare, pandemic response mechanisms, and access to medicines.

Her work includes analyzing EU competencies in health crises, such as the 2020-2022 pandemic response, and advocating for stronger EU health solidarity. Key publications address EU risk pooling for medicines, vaccine procurement challenges, and citizen preferences in health policy design.

De Ruijter also explores global health equity through EU external policies and the constitutional implications of health laws. Her interdisciplinary approach combines legal analysis with public policy insights, contributing to debates on EU institutional evolution in health governance.