Ekaterina R. Rashkova is a comparative political scientist with expertise on party competition, gender and migrant politics, and representation. Her research interests lie in understanding the behaviour of political actors and the strategies they employ, given the institutional framework and the societal pressure they operate in. Currently, she is working on the representation of migrants and the party abroad. The political integration of non-citizen residents in host countries, as well as the connection of national political parties to their diaspora abroad. Her work often compares new and established democracies and has appeared among others in Comparative European Politics, West European Politics, European Political Science Review, International Political Science Review, Party Politics, and Political Studies as well as in several edited book volumes.