Alina’s research is rooted in principles of behavioural and experimental economics, focusing on how people make choices in critical domains such as health, the environment, and prosocial behaviour. Currently, she is also pursuing exploration of how people form beliefs, search for information and expert advice, and interact with digital technologies. Using large-scale surveys and experimental setups, Alina aims to deepen our understanding of decision-making and inform policy. She thrives on interdisciplinary, applied work, linking complex, real-world behavior to models that help explain and predict human actions. Currently, Alina is part of the European Research Council-funded project "Smart Water Futures, designing next-generation urban water systems”. Her research in collaboration with Athens University of Economics and Business addresses the economic and welfare impacts of environmental shocks and provides long-term policy recommendations. Her professional experience includes roles at the Behavioral Economics and Data Science Unit of the Financial Conduct Authority (UK) and the Office for National Statistics (UK), as well as market analysis for the Hellenic Competition Commission (Greece).

Research Interests:

• Effect of exogenous shocks (such as environmental disasters) on economic senitment.
• Effects of geographical and psychological proximity to a shock on preferneces, beliefs and behaviour. For example, in our preliminary results we find that after the Tempi (Greece) incident people in Cyprus were highly concerned with train safety.
• Tension between the long-term policies and public’s demand to respond to short-term shocks – and it’s effect on political strategies.