Valentina is a research officer in the Employment unit, having joined Eurofound in 2016. She is mainly working on research on entrepreneurship, internationalisation and innovation and their relationship with employment and job creation.

Valentina has 10 years of experience in the field of socioeconomic research, carrying out evaluations and studies at EU, national and regional levels in the fields of employment, education and training, and regional and socioeconomic development. She holds an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in Milan and postgraduate certificates in policy evaluation.