Dr Margherita Bacigalupo is a research officer at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. In this role, she devises and leads research to inform policy making in the field of lifelong learning, operating at the intersection of research, policy and practice.

She leads the work on the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) and its take-up. In collaboration with international researchers, she compiled examples of use through EntreComp into Action (2018) and EntreComp at work (2020). She has looked into its usefulness for informal learning sector through the Entrepreneurial Employee in the Public and Private Sector. What, Why, how (2020). She has also co-authored the EntreComp Playbook (2020), to support educators embed entrepreneurial learning practices in their portfolio.

In 2020 she has coordinated the study on Creativity – a transversal skill for lifelong learning, conducted by PPMI and professor Bill Lucas on behalf of the JRC.

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