CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Full name: Ernesto Villalba Date of Birth: January 3rd, 1977 Nationality: Spanish Residence: Via cime Bianche, 10 21023 Cardana di Besozzo (VA) Italy Residence 2: C/ Almuzara, 1 40003 Segovia Spain

EDUCATION:
2006: Ph.D. in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Department of Education, Stockholm University. Title of the Thesis: The uniqueness of knowledge management in small companies: Knowledge management as an employer strategy for lifelong learning. 1999-2000: ERASMUS/SOCRATES student in Master in Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University (60 ECTs). 1999: Graduated in Psychology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Autonomous University of Madrid) (314 European Credit Transfer).

Other educational records: Introduction to Econometrics (2008), IERI Spring Academy: Analyzing International Databases (2008), Fundamentals of SAS 1/ access, treatment of data and reporting (2007), Effective public Speaking (2007), Italian elementary A1 (2007), Tricks and tips for disseminating scientific results: maximizing media exposure (2007), Introduction to Intellectual Property (2006), Introduction to social multi-criteria evaluation (2006), Swimming teacher certificate (2000), Monitor in Physical Education (1996), Life-Saver (1995).

LANGUAGES:
Spanish: Mother Tongue. English: Fluent spoken and written. Swedish: Basic level. Italian: Basic level.

Computer Skills:
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows environments, Windows Server (2000 and 2003), and Office package (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage and Outlook). Statistical Programs: Advanced knowledge of SPSS for windows, good command of LISREL (Linear structural equation modeling software), ML-Win (multilevel analysis), basic knowledge of SAS and MATLAB. Notions of ATLAS.

EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH GRANTS:

October 2009 - : Independent consultant, Institute of Future Studies, Austria. October 2006 September 2009: Scientific/Technical Project Officer at the Center for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL), Unit of Econometrics and Applied Statistics (G09), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), Directorate-General Joint Research Center (JRC), European Commission, Ispra, Italy. June 2006 (withdrawn): Granted Marie Curie, Intra-European Fellowships (FP6Mobility-5), Learning and Collaboration for EFECTiveness (LECOEFFECT), with Hanken, Swedish Business School, Helsinki, Finland (Prof. K. E. Sveiby). Ref. 039539. April 2003 July 2006: Ph.D. position at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. February 2003 - June 2004: Main researcher in Knowledge Management as a strategy of lifelong learning in small enterprises in Sweden, project financed by the Institute of International Education in cooperation with the European Social Fund Council in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. October 2001 April 2006: Part-time server administrator at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. July 2000- December 2003: Young Researcher, European Commission Training and Mobility of Researchers Network, Problems of Educational Standardization and Transitions in a Global Environment (TMR-PRESTiGE), Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. October 1999- June 2000: ERASMUS/SOCRATES scholarship from Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. October 1999 - June 2000: Beca de Ayuda al tercer ciclo (Scholarship for doctoral studies) from Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. October 1998- June 1999: Research assistant to professors, Maria del Pui and Ignacio Pozo in the project: Motivacin y desarrollo (motivation and development), Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES:

November 2009: Invited expert, ETF workshop on innovation and education, ETF, Turin, Italy. September 2009: Expert, Fourth meeting on the development of new indicators on teachers professional development, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. August 2009: Invited speaker, Trust, Alpbach Technological Forum, Alpbach, Austria. June 2009: Expert, Third meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Thematic Report on Teachers Professional Development, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. June 2009: Invited expert, Internal workshop on knowledge management, ETF, Turin, Italy. June 2009: Invited expert, Brainstorming on measuring innovation on education, OECD, Paris, France. May 2009: Main responsible, panelist, reporteur, Can creativity be measured?, DG EaC and CRELL, Brussels, Belgium. April 2009, Co-organizer, Assessing the effects of ICT in education - indicators, criteria and benchmarks for international comparisons, IPSC, Ispra, Italy. March 2009: Expert, Second meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Thematic Report on Teachers Professional Development, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. February 2009: Speaker, IPTS Scoping workshop on creativity and innovation in Learning, IPTS, Seville, Spain. January 2009: Co-Organizer, speaker, Second workshop on creativity indicator, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. December 2008: Invited speaker, OECD brainstorming meeting on skills and innovation, OECD, Paris, France. December 2008: Co-organizer and speaker, First workshop on creativity indicator, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. November 2008: European Commission delegate, OECD/Germany Workshop on Advancing Innovation: Human Resources, Education and Training, OECD and German, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn, Germany. October, 2008: Expert, first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Thematic Report on Teachers Professional Development, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. September 2008: Invited speaker, The Transition to Computer-Based Assessment: Lessons learned from the PISA 2006 Computer Based Assessment of Science (CBAS) and implications for large scale testing, Educational Testing Institute and CRELL, Reykjavik, Iceland September 2008: Invited speaker, Lifelong Learning in Europe: Dialogue day EC 6th FP LLL2010 7th workshop, Prague, Czech Republic. September 2008: Invited speaker, meeting on Draft Report on ICT and Educational Performance According to PISA 2006, OECD, Paris, France. September 2008: Invited expert, meeting on Developing a Conceptual Framework for Indicators on Digital Learning Resources, OECD, Paris, France.

June, 2008: Invited expert, meeting with Director General of Education and Culture, Mrs. Quintin on Towards a Composite Indicator on Creativity, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. May 2008: Trainee, IERI (ETS-IEA) Spring academy Analyzing International Databases, IEA, Data Processing and Research Center, Hamburg, Germany. April 2008: Invited expert, 2nd IPTS-IS Unit Workshop with DG EaC: ICT for Learning and Innovation- Insights from Recent Research Project, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. March 2008: Chair and speaker, panel Challenges to Educational Equity and Opportunity: Case studies from Europe at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Gaining Educational Equity Around the World, Teachers College, Columbia University, New Your, USA. March 2008: Invited expert, 1st Open session of the Learnovation Stakeholders Roundtable: Innovation of Learning Systems and/or Learning to Support Innovation? DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. July 2007: Speaker, INNO-Views policy workshop, JRC, European Commission and PRO INNO Europe, Ispra, Italy. June 2007: Invited speaker, III Jornadas de Cooperacion Educativa Iberoamericana Sobre Evaluacion (Third meeting on Educational Cooperation in Ibero-America on Evaluation), Ministry of Science and Education in Spain, The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education and the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. May 2007: Speaker, Intellectual Capital Congress: Intellectual Capital, The Future of Business Navigation, Inholland Center for Research in Intellectual Capital, Inholland University, Haarlem, The Netherlands. February 2007: Invited expert, second meeting on Education and Innovation, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium. November 2006: Participant, second meeting of the Network on Learning to Learn, JRC, Ispra, Italy. November 2005: Invited guest, Knowledge, Content & Collaboration Europe, the Ark group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. September 2001: Speaker, 4th International LlinE conference: Creating Human Capital, Lifelong learning for the Knowledge society, Helsinki, Finland. September 2001: Organizer and participant, final meeting of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Network, Problems of Educational Standardisation and Transitions in a Global Environment (TMR-PRESTiGE), Institute of International Education, Flkoping, Sweden. January 2001: Participant, workshop of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Network, Problems of Educational Standardisation and Transitions in a Global Environment (TMR-PRESTiGE), Department of Education, Oxford University, U.K. March 2001: Invited guest, Foresight for a competitive and sustainable Europe, Swedish Technology Foresight, JRC-IPTS and DG Research, Stockholm, Sweden.

March 2001: Speaker, 45th annual meeting Comparative International Education Society: Global Resonance and Resistance; Affirmative Alternatives for Educational Policy, Practice and Transformation, Colgate University, Washington, USA. December 2000: Organizer and participant, International Symposium on Quality, Education and International Exchange, organized by the department of Education and IIE, Stockholm. June 1999: Participant, midterm review of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Network, Problems of Educational Standardisation and Transitions in a Global Environment (TMR-PRESTiGE), Universit de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Advisory Editorial Board of Anabela Mesquita (ed.) Technology for Creativity and Innovation: Tools, Techniques and Applications. IGI Global. June 2008- October 2009: Scientific Committee Member of the Thematic Report on Teachers Professional Development using TALIS, European Commission. April 2008 : External reviewer, European Education: Issues and Studies (published by M.E. Sharpe). December 2006: Peer-reviewer, Curriculum Journal (published by Routledge). November 2005: Lecturer at graduate level for New Media and Education, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 3 hours. September 2005 - December 2005: Course leader at graduate level for Lifelong learning: Theories and Applications, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. September 2005: Opponent for the Master thesis, Hall, S. What Future School? Examining EU Funded ICT Projects Influencing the Secondary School of the Future. Master degree studies in Comparative and International Education. Institute of International Education, Stockholm. October 2004: Lecturer at graduate level for New Media and Education, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 3 hours. October 2003: Lecturer at graduate level for New media and Education, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 3 hours. November 2003: Lecturer and reader at graduate level for Economics of Education, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 6 hours. August 2003: Lecturer at graduate level for Lifelong learning: Theories and Applications, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 3 hours. January 2003 June 2004: Mentor for 5 students, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. March 2003: Lecturer at graduate level for Theories and Concepts in Social Science, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, 3 hours. September 2002 June 2003: Student Council Chair and Student Board Representative at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. September 2002 December 2002: Course reader at graduate level for papers on: Education and National Development, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University.

June 2002: Course reader at graduate level for papers on: Education and National Development, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. December 2001: Opponent for the Master thesis, Alvarez-Delgado, R. Educational Decentralization in Spain: Perspectives and New Challenges after Ten Years of Systemic Reforms. Master degree studies in Educational Management and Administration. Institute of International Education, Stockholm. September 2001 June 2002: Student Council secretary at the Institute of International Education. May 2001: Opponent for the Master thesis, Ystehed, Y. Learning in a Changing Society: A Study of Strategies in Sweden towards Lifelong Learning. Masters degree studies in Educational Management and Administration. Institute of International Education, Stockholm. January 2000 June 2000: Course assistant at graduate level for Education and National Development, Master in International and Comparative Education, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PAPERS:

Fredriksson, U., Villalba, E. and Taube, K. (under review). Do students correctly estimate their read-ing ability? A study of Stockholm students in grades 3 and 8, Under review in Reading Psychology. Villalba, E. (ed.) (2010). The measurement of creativity. Special issue to appear in the Creativity Research Journal 2010. Villalba, E. (2010). 57 Critical Thinking. In M. Runco and S. Pritzker (eds) Encyclopedia of Creativity, 2nd Edition. New York: Elsevier. Villalba, E. (2010). Can creativity be measured and will it help human capital development?, Pasi, S. (ed.), Human and social capital development for innovation and change, Special issue of the European Journal of Education (forthcoming). Scheuermann, F. and Villalba, E. (2009). Implications of lifelong learning on higher education: A European policy perspective on promoting lifelong learning and implications for higher education with special emphasis on the role of ICT. In P. Baumgartner, S. Zauchner, and R. Bauer (eds), The Potential of E-Portfolios in Higher Education. Vienna: Studienverlag. Saltelli, A. and Villalba, E. (2009). How about composite indicators? In E. Villalba (ed.), Measuring creativity Luxembourg. OPOCE. . (ISBN 978-92-7912862-2).

Villalba, E. (2009). A first proposal for the measurement of creativity in an international comparative way. In E. Villalba (ed.), Measuring creativity Luxembourg. OPOCE. (ISBN 978-92-79-12862-2) Villalba, E. (ed.) (2009). Measuring creativity Luxembourg. OPOCE. Villalba, E. (2009). Computer-based Assessment and the Measurement of Creativity in Education. In F. Scheuermann & J. Bjrnsson (Eds.) The Transition to Computer-Based Assessment: New Approaches to Skills Assessment and Implications for Large-scale Testing, pp. 29-39. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (ISBN 978-92-79-11110-5). Villalba, E. (2009). Learning at the Core: Knowledge Management as an Employer Strategy for Lifelong Learning. In P. Ordonez De Pablos and M. Lytras (eds), Knowledge Ecology in Global Business: Managing Intellectual Capital, pp. 132-156. Hershey, PA, USA: Idea Group Inc (IGI) (ISBN 1605662712, 9781605662718). Villalba, E. (2009). Small Boats in an Ocean of School Activities: Towards a European Vision on Education, The College Quarterly, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, 11 (3) (on-line journal). Villalba, E. (2009). Creativity and innovation in education, The EAC Magazine 31, pp.45-49. Villalba, E. (2008). On Creativity: Towards an Understanding of Creativity and its Measurements. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, EUR 23561. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (ISBN: 978-92-79-10647-7).

E. Villalba and Jakobson, L. (December 2008) Input paper Board of Participant Countries (BPC) of TALIS on the thematic report on teachers' professional development. EDU/INES/TALIS(2008)12 (Unpublished paper). E. Villalba (October 2008). Paper for discussion at the first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Thematic Report on Teachers Professional Development, DG EaC, Brussels, Belgium (Unpublished paper). E. Villalba (June 2008), Proposal for an analysis plan on teachers professional development using the Teaching And Learning International Survey (TALIS) and Proposed outline of the thematic report on teachers professional development using TALIS. (Unpublished paper). Villalba, E. (2008). Investigating the Discourse on Social Cohesion through the Vocabulary of European Commission Communications on Innovation Policies, European Educational Research Journal, 7 (3), 358-370. Celikel-Esser, F., Villalba, E. and Tarantola, S. (2008). The Lisbon Strategy and Development of Metrics to Measure Innovation in Europe. In Statistics Sweden (ed.), Yearbook on Productivity 2007, pp. 7-33. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden (ISBN: 978-91-618-1396-4). European Commission (2008). Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. In European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Progress towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training. Indicators and Benchmarks 2008. SEC (2008) 2293, pp. 87-112. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities. (Co-Author with O. Bjerkestrand and B. Hoskins). European Commission (2008). Developing School Education. In European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Progress towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training. Indicators and Benchmarks 2008. SEC (2008) 2293, pp. 31-50. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities. (Co-Author with R. Deiss). Hoskins, B., Villalba, E., Van Nijlen, D. and Barber, C. (2008). Measuring Civic Competence in Europe: A composite Indicator based on IEA Civic Education Study 1999 for 14 years old in School. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, EUR 23210. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (ISBN: 978-92-79-08344-0) Villalba, E. (2007). The Concept of Knowledge for a Knowledge-based Society: From Knowledge to Learning. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports EUR 22796 Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (ISBN: 978-92-79-06193-6). Hoskins, B., Villalba, E., van Nijlen, D. and Barber, C. (September, 2008). Measuring Civic Competence in Europe. Paper presented at the 3rd IEA International Research Conference (IRC-2008), 18-20 September, Taipei, Taiwan. DHombres, B., Badescu, M. and Villalba, E. (September, 2008). Returns to education in EU countries: Evidence from EU-SILC. Paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on Educational Economics (ICEE 2008), 27-30 August 2008, Faculty of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Schuermann, F. and Villalba (July, 2008). Assessing the impact of ICT in Education at an international comparative level. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 30-July 4, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Vienna, Austria. Schuermann, F. and Villalba (March, 2008). Assessing ICT Effects in Education: How to monitor the state of ICT and trends at an international level. Presentation at the OECD, Global Forum on Education: Improving the Effectiveness of Education Systems, 3-5 March, OECD, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Fredrikson, U., Villalba, E. and Taube, K. (March, 2008). Student self-assessment and reading. Presentation at the Nordic Educational Research Association, 36th congress, The new goal-orientation of research strategies: Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up by transnational targetsetting and market thinking economic rationalities?, 6-8 March, The School of Education, University of Aarhus, Copenhagen, Denmark. European Commission (2007). Modernizing School Education. In European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Progress towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training. Indicators and Benchmarks 2007. SEC (2007) 1284, pp. 104-110. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities. (Co-Author with L. Jacobsen, D. Vidoni and U. Fredriksson). European Commission (2007). Modernizing Higher Education. In European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Progress towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training. Indicators and Benchmarks 2007. SEC (2007) 1284, pp. 120-143. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities. (Co-Author with R. Deiss, B. DHombres and D. Van Niljen). European Commission (2007). Employability. In European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Progress towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training. Indicators and Benchmarks 2007. SEC (2007) 1284, pp. 144-153. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities. (Co-Author with M. Badescu, B. DHombres, and L. Jacobsen). Hoskins, B., Jesinghaus, J., Mascherini, M., Munda, G., Nardo, M., Saisana, M., Van Nijlen, D., Vidoni, D. and Villalba, E. (2007). Measuring Active Citizenship in Europe. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, EUR 22530. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (ISBN: 92-7903738-2). Villalba, E. (May, 2007). Knowledge management and its relationship to workplace learning. In D. Andriessen and C. Stam, (eds), Proceedings of the IC Congress: Intellectual Capital, The Future of Business Navigation, 3-4th May, Inholland Center for Research in Intellectual Capital, Inholland University, Haarlem, The Netherlands (CD-ROM). Villalba, E. (2006/2008). The Uniqueness of Knowledge Management in Small Enterprises: Managing Knowledge as an Employer Strategy for Lifelong Learning. Studies in International and Comparative Education, No. 70.

Stockholm: Stockholm University. (ISBN: 91-7155-151-9). Re-published in 2008 by Vdm Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K. (ISBN: 9783836457170). Villalba, E. (2004). Knowledge Management as a Strategy for Lifelong Learning: A Report for the European Social Fund Council in Sweden. Yellow report series, No. 118. Stockholm: Institute of International Education. (ISBN: 91-7265-927-0). Villalba, E. (February, 2003). Knowledge Management as a strategy of lifelong learning in small enterprises in Sweden. Paper presented at a public seminar at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. ODowd, M., Fgerlind, I., Boudard, E. and Villalba, E. (2003). The Meanings of Knowledge in Diverse Contemporary and Historical Contexts, Cadernos Prestige. Serie: final 2/7. Lisbon: EDUCA. Villalba, E. (September, 2001). Knowledge Management and lifelong learning. Poster presented at the 4th International LlinE conference: Creating Human Capital, Lifelong learning for the Knowledge society, Helsinki, Finland. Villalba, E. (September, 2001). Knowledge Management and lifelong learning: Looking for the adequate Methodology. Paper presented at a public seminar at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm. Villalba, E. (April, 2001). Knowledge Management as a Tool of Promoting a Learning Environment at Work Places. Paper presented at First Mini-Biennale in Education and Training, 4-7 April, kershus University College, Oslo. Villalba, E. (November, 2000). Knowledge management, the learning organization and lifelong learning. Paper presented at public seminar at the Institute of International Education, Stockholm University. Villalba, E. (June, 2000). Education within Organizations: Another path? Paper presented at the Midterm Review of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Network, Problems of Educational Standardisation and Transitions in a Global Environment (TMR-PRESTiGE), Universit de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.