Katerina Linos

About

Katerina Linos is a faculty member at UC Berkeley Law with a focus on law and public policy. Her work involves research and teaching in areas related to social justice, public interest, and the intersection of law and policy. She contributes to the academic community through her involvement in various clinics and projects that address issues such as human rights, environmental law, and criminal justice. Her background includes a commitment to advancing social justice through legal scholarship and practical engagement. She is actively involved in clinical programs that provide legal services and policy advocacy, demonstrating a dedication to applying legal expertise to promote societal change and support marginalized communities.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Public relations
• Economics
• Internet privacy
• Economic growth
• Social psychology
• Psychology
• Business
• Law

Selected publications

• How Do Disadvantaged Groups Seek Information About Public Services? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication Technologies

  Public Administration Review · 2021 · 47 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  Abstract Governments and NGOs are switching to phone‐ and Internet‐based communication technologies to reduce costs and broaden access to public services. However, these technological shifts can backfire if they exacerbate administrative burden in high‐need communities. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Greece evaluating which communication mode best allows disadvantaged groups to solicit information about free services. Subjects were 18 times more likely to use a prepaid postcard an…

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• Ukraine and the Emergency Powers of International Institutions

  American Journal of International Law · 2022-10-01 · 24 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract As global crises become more frequent, international organizations increasingly invoke emergency powers to address them. But the study of international organization emergency governance remains in its infancy. We consider the EU response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The EU built on the emergency to accelerate EU integration and introduce unprecedented reforms in defense and security, migration and asylum, and energy. We map the techniques the EU deployed to achieve this and argue…

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• Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment

  American Political Science Review · 2020 · 22 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to stigmatized groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a text-to-give campaign in Greece. Donations did not increase with an appeal to the in-group (Greek child) relative to a control (child), but they were halved with reference to a stigmatized out-group (Roma child). An appeal to fundamental…

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• Ukraine and the Emergency Powers of International Institutions

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022-01-01 · 14 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Shaming the Court: The German Constitutional Court's NGEU Reversal

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01 · 12 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Melissa Carlson

  59 shared

• Laura Jakli

  Harvard University Press

  56 shared

• Tom Pegram

  15 shared

• Adam Chilton

  15 shared

• Anu Bradford

  Columbia University

  12 shared

• Kimberly Twist

  San Diego State University

  9 shared

• Elena Chachko

  7 shared

• Elena Kempf

  6 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Law

  University of California, Berkeley

  2007

• Other, Law

  University of California, Berkeley

  2002

• B.A., Political Science

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1999

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