Ira Papageorgiou holds a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Glasgow, a postgraduate degree in Adult Education and Community Development and an undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Political Science. She has conducted research in various fields of adult education (second language education, the role of adult educators, vocational education and training, trade union education, women’s education, etc.). She has taught in both formal and informal education, on the subject of trainers’ training, study skills and language literacy in Greek and English. She is a Research Associate at the Labour Institute of the General Confederation of Labour (INE GSEE) and a tutor of Adult Education at the Hellenic Open University. He has written on lifelong learning issues in Greece and internationally.