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Prof. Ianika Tzankova is a Full Professor of Global Dispute Resolution and Mass Claims at Tilburg Law School. She holds the first European chair in Class Actions and Mass Claim Dispute Resolution (established 2007). She serves as Interim Academic Director of the Global Law Bachelor and Academic Director of the Honours Outreach Program.
Education:
- Bachelor of Law (Tilburg University, 1997)
- PhD (Access to Justice in Mass Disputes, Tilburg University, 2007)
Research Interests: Collective Redress, Mass Claims, Private Enforcement, Litigation Funding, Judicial Case Management, and the impact of technology on legal systems. Her work emphasizes transnational litigation and procedural law reforms, with a focus on the Netherlands and EU frameworks.
Recent Trends in Articles: Prof. Tzankova’s recent work examines litigation funding mechanisms, comparative analysis of EU collective redress systems, and judicial responses to mass claims in the financial sector. Her 2024 publications address cy près doctrine applications and litigation fund structures.
Awards:
- Innovation Challenge Award (Dutch Ministry of Education, 2016)
Advising & Grants: Supervised 2 documented projects. Key grants include contributions to the ‘Afwikkeling van massaschade’ and ‘Fundamentele herbezinning burgerlijk procesrecht’ initiatives. Active in interdisciplinary teams like ‘Connecting Responsible Organizations’.
Labs/Teams: Leads research clusters on Responsiveness through the Courts and participates in the ALI/UNIDROIT project on Transnational Civil Procedure. Co-edits Mass Claims International Journal.
