Dr. Ekaterina Rashkova Gerbrands

Biography

Ekaterina R. Rashkova-Gerbrands is an Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at Utrecht University School of Governance and Co-Director of the PPE College Utrecht. She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010, focusing on political learning in party systems. Rashkova-Gerbrands was awarded the UniCredit Universities Foundation CEE PhD Thesis Award in 2011. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Political Economy and Public Policy from Washington University in St. Louis. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at Sussex University, Innsbruck, and Leiden University. In the 2015-2016 academic year, she received the prestigious EURIAS Junior Fellowship Grant and spent a year conducting research at the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study. Her research interests include the study of electoral party systems, strategic behavior of political actors, and representation, focusing on how institutions shape decisions and outcomes. Currently, she is investigating the political integration of non-citizen residents and the relationship between national political parties and diaspora abroad. Rashkova-Gerbrands has published in various journals, including Comparative European Politics, West European Politics, and Political Studies, and has served as an editor for the European Political Science journal. As a Governance Board Member of the interdisciplinary Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) bachelor program at Utrecht, she is involved in day-to-day program management and curriculum development.

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