Misa Labarile, PhD is a policy officer of the European Commission working on policy development in the Directorate-General (DG) Mobility and Transport. A linguist and social scientist by background, she has worked on EU affairs for more than fifteen years.
At the European Commission, she has worked on a number of sectors: skills, youth employment, fintech, cryptocurrencies, international relations, and now on tourism. She has served in the Cabinet of two Italian Prime Ministers advising on EU affairs on a variety of portfolios, and she has also worked in academia, carrying out research for her PhD in Politics in Milan, IT, and Boston, USA.
Prior to this, Misa worked in communication as a press officer in the publishing sector.