Christina Parandii is the Clara Marina O’Donnell fellow at the Centre for European Reform. Her research focuses on EU foreign policy (with an emphasis on the European Eastern neighbourhood), CFSP/CSDP, transatlantic relations and democracy promotion.

Before joining the CER, Christina worked at the intersection of international relations and the reform process in Ukraine, serving as Political Advisor on the Ukraine Reform Conference at the Danish Embassy and as the International Relations Manager at Ukraine’s civil society coalition 'Reanimation Package of Reforms'. She is also an alumna of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program, during which she worked on national defence and foreign affairs research.

Christina holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Europe (Belgium) and in European Studies from the Maastricht University (the Netherlands).