Caterina is an assistant professor at Columbia University's Department of Political Science. In the academic year 2026-2027, Caterina will be an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
Caterina received her Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University. Caterina's research explores the political economy of innovation, regional inequalities, and state building. She uses machine learning, network analysis, and natural language processing to study large-scale historical and contemporary datasets.
