Matilda Rados

Matilda Rados serves as Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate at Utrecht University's Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). Through her Coursera course "Human Rights for Open Societies," which has enrolled over 47,000 learners, she helps students understand the European Convention on Human Rights and its role in protecting human dignity. Her research focuses on human rights law and the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. As part of the teaching team alongside Professors Antoine Buyse and Janneke Gerards, she contributes to one of the most comprehensive online courses on the European human rights system. Her expertise includes fundamental rights protection, democratic principles, and the rights of vulnerable groups. Her teaching methodology emphasizes practical applications of human rights law while exploring the complex relationship between human rights and open societies