Lidia Salvatore is an expert on adult learning and continuing vocational training at Cedefop. She is currently responsible for managing and carrying out analysis and research on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling, and in particular on developing coordinated and coherent approaches to upskilling pathways for low skilled adults.

Lidia holds a BA in political science and a Masters in EU economics and politics from the University of Bologna in Italy and she also studied in Australia at the University of New South Wales and University of Sydney. Prior to Cedefop, Lidia worked for five years as a research officer in Eurofound, the European Union agency for the improvement of living and working conditions, where she contributed to designing, initiating and carrying out research and comparative analysis in the field of youth employment policies.