Katerina is Associate Professor and Head of the Cultural Studies section at the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies. Her background is in Languages and Political Theory and her PhD thesis (2011) focused on communicative rationality in the public sphere. She has published papers on intercultural dialogue, racism and hate speech, language and heritage, and an edited volume on Multilingualism and Politics (Palgrave, 2020). Katerina has led EU-funded projects on racism and discrimination, and two language and culture apps, for newly arrived migrants and refugees, and for endangered languages. 

Katerina is leading the Migration theme at the Intecultural Research Centre (IRC). 

Katerina is Visiting Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2021-2022).

Funded projects

IndyLan - Mobile Virtual Learning for Indigenous Languages (PI and Transnational Coordinator): 26-month EU-funded project with 5 partners from 5 countries led by HWU. IndyLan is developing an app for learning indigenous languages and cultures. The app will include Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Basque, Galician and (Northern) Saami for those who already speak English, Spanish, Finnish, Russian and Norwegian. Value: c. £186,000 [ongoing].

InterTrainE - Intercultural Training for Educators (PI and Transnational Coordinator): 27-month EU-funded project led by HWU, with 7 partners. The project aims to develop an intercultural training programme for educators working with adult migrants in the 4 partner countries (UK, Finland, Greece and Italy). Value: c. £243,000 [completed].

Moving Languages (PI for HWU): 27-month EU-funded project with 6 partners. The project developed a language and culture-learning app for new migrants in the 6 partner countries. Value: c. £25,000 [completed].

RADAR – Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism (PI for HWU): 24-month EU-funded project with 9 partners from 6 countries, on the communicative construction of ‘racial’ discrimination through hate communication. The project developed a training package for legal professionals, law enforcement officials and potential victims of racist hate crime. Value: c. £33,000 [completed]. 

Katerina is a Member of the Political Studies Association, the International Communications Association, IMISCOE, and the University Association of Contemporary European Studies.

Katerina is Head of the Cultural Studies section in LINCS.

She coordinates the Global course (taught in HWU campuses in Edinburgh, Dubai and Malaysia) Intercultural Issues in Business and Management. She is also Year 1 coordinator.

She teaches International Politics, Society and Institutions in Contemporary Europe, Intercultural Issues in Business and Management (to UG students and to Graduate Apprentices), and French Conference Interpreting.

As of August 2019, Katerina is also a member of Senate.

She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (French, Greek and Russian) and she is an assessor for IoLET DipTrans exams.

Katerina is leading the Migration Theme at the IRC (Intercultural Research Centre) in LINCS.