Laura Paternoster

Laura Paternoster is involved in international research development at the University of Trento (I) as Head of the Research Office for the scientific departments. Before that she was involved in the international higher education field for more than 14 years, mainly as an expert in the management of joint programmes with EU and non-EU Institutions, and in the management of European programmes for mobility schemes. She acted as Head of the International Relations Office of the same university for a 4 year-period. Before that, she did an internship at the Ministry of Education and Research in Stuttgart (D), and worked in Stuttgart/Sindelfingen in the Italian-German Chamber of Commerce. She has organised and chaired sessions for various international conferences including AIEA, APAIE and the EAIE. She acted as Chair of the EAIE Expert Community Management of Programmes in Lifelong Education from 2012 to 2014. In 2011 she was awarded the EAIE Rising star award.