Professional Affiliation

Research Fellow, Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, DGAP

Expert Bio

Cristina Gherasimov is a Research Fellow at the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, she worked at Transparency International Defence and Security, and at Chatham House with the Russia and Eurasia Programme. Her expertise includes democratic transitions and institution-building in Central and Eastern Europe and post-communist states, European integration, good governance, rule of law, anti-corruption policy, and democratic backsliding. Cristina holds a PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Jersey.