Kalina is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL), currently working on a project exploring shifts in European energy policy and markets in the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Kalina holds a PhD in Political Economy from King’s Russia Institute (KRI) at the School of Politics & Economics (SPE), KCL. Her doctoral research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) LISS DTP, examined the interplay of institutions, rents, infrastructure, and power in Russia’s gas sector. She also has an MA from the Department of War Studies at the School of Security Studies, KCL.

Her research experience includes a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Energy Security Fellowship at the Department of War Studies’ European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), a visit at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and participation in a Nord Stream 2-organised expert visit to Gazprom’s Bovanenkovo oil and gas field in Yamal, Russia. She has contributed to energy-related projects as a Research Assistant and has six years of teaching experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant across various departments at SPE, KCL.

Research interests

Political Economy: Energy and resource sector governance (limited access orders, institutions, rents, and power); energy transitions.

International Relations & Security: Energy-security nexus in Eurasia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia

Publications

• “Between Green Energy and Fossil-Fuel: The Dilemma of Future European Energy Security.” In War in Ukraine: One Year On, Centre for Grand Strategy, King’s College London, Leverhulme Trust, Feb. 2023. (co-authored with Th. Froehlich) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/assets/war-in-ukraine-one-year-on.pdf

• “Review of Russian Energy Chains by M. M. Balmaceda.” H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews, Jul. 2022. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57717
• “Iran’s Post-Sanctions Oil and Gas Management.” In The International Political Economy of Oil and Gas, ed. S. Raszewski, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62557-7_12
• Iran's Re-emergence on Global Energy Markets: Opportunities, Challenges & Implications. EUCERS, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, KAS, 2015. https://www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/de/forschung/interdisziplinaere-forschungsvorhaben/europaeischer-cluster-fuer-klima-energie-und-ressourcensicherheit/publikationen/strategy-papers-1/strategy-paper-7.pdf
• “Review of Iran's Natural Gas Industry… by E. Hassanzadeh.” International Energy Law Review, no. 5, 2015. (co-authored with M. Kuhn)
• Energy Talks 4: (Re-)emerging Energy Superpowers. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), 2015. (co-authored with F. Nascimento) https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/253252/7_dokument_dok_pdf_44118_2.pdf/fd589a17-c7eb-2a63-3119-288b441d8929?version=1.0&t=1539658472986
• Newsletter Articles in EUCERS Newsletter: Issue 61, 2017: 2-5; Issue 51, 2016: 2-3; Issue 42, 2015: 3-5; Issue 39, 2014: 8-10.

Awards and honours:

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) +3 studentship; Pathway 12 Strategic: Regional & Security Studies (similar to previously used: KISS Theme 15 Military & Regional Security) 2016/2017 competition

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Energy Security Fellowship at EUCERS, KCL 2014/2015

Dep. of War Studies, King's College London, Distinction: MA International Peace and Security 2013/2014.