Ekaterina Botchkovar

Ekaterina Botchkovar is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on cross-national studies, criminological theory application to criminal behavior and victimization, and longitudinal analyses of war impacts. Current projects include investigating cybercrime and victimization on U.S. college campuses and studying Ukraine's post-war consequences.

Her work has been published in prestigious journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Justice Quarterly. Methodologically, she emphasizes survey design and quantitative criminology.

Research interests span theoretical criminology, digital criminology, and socio-political violence analysis. She collaborates on transnational crime projects and contributes to policy-relevant studies on campus safety and cyber victimization trends.