Her research emphasizes the international political economy of the Post-Soviet and East European nations, interest group politics, and business-government interactions. Her book, “Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Collective Goods, Selective Incentives, and Predatory States" was awarded the Ed A. Hewett Book Prize for outstanding publication on the political economy of Russia, Eurasia and/or Eastern Europe. Duvanova's articles appear in British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Journal of Comparative Economics, World Development, and other journals.