Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics and a Mitsubishi Career Development Assistant Professor in International Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Additionally, I serve as a Research Fellow at CEPR Political Economy, a member of CEPR RPN Geoeconomics, and am currently on leave from the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF).
My research focuses on political economy and the economics of digitization, with a particular emphasis on armed conflict and social media. My work has been published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of Public Economics. Beyond academia, my research received attention from media outlets such as the New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, NPR, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Freakonomics, among others. It has also been cited in the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health and the Economic Report of the President (2024, 2025).
I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University in June 2019. Prior to my doctoral studies, I completed my B.A. in Economics at the Higher School of Economics. I am a dual citizen of Moldova and Russia.
Please find my detailed CV here.