Frederike Ambagtsheer

Frederike Ambagtsheer, PhD, is a criminologist and organ trafficking researcher based at Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

She has a MSc in Criminology, a LL.M. in Public International Law and obtained her PhD (cum laude) on the Organ Trade in 2017. She initiated/coordinated the HOTT Project (2012-2016) and is the recipient of a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for the project, 'Organs as a Gateway to Europe: studying kidney sales among migrants entering the EU' (2021-2025).