Angela Liberatore is Head of the Scientific Department at the European Research Council, which manages the evaluations and monitoring of projects submitted to ERC in all scientific domains and undertakes ex-ante and ex-post analyses of ERC funded research.
 
She previously worked in the research programmes on environment and climate, social sciences and humanities and then international cooperation in the Directorate General for Research. Among her ‘highlights’, she co-chaired the Social Protection group for the UN Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery, worked on 'science diplomacy' issues in Africa and the EU neighbourhood, contributed to the EC White Paper on European Governance and in the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. 

Angela holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences and a degree in Philosophy.