She obtained her doctoral title from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2017 on a project combining comparative and empirical research on the functioning of the first European uniform procedures – the European Order for Payment and the European Small Claims Procedure – in four jurisdictions (England and Wales, France, Italy and Romania). Alina often works on multidisciplinary projects with a particular focus on matters concerning cross-border litigation and access to justice, special procedures regarding debt recovery, cross-border enforcement, digitalisation of civil procedure, quality of justice, and the EU Justice Scoreboard. Before moving to academia, she worked as a financial law lawyer in Romania. She was admitted to the Bucharest Bar in 2008.