Angelos Agalianos holds a PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of London. In 1998-2006, he worked in the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission, where he was scientific officer for European research policy in the social sciences monitoring education-related research projects. Since 2006 Angelos works in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. In 2006-2015 he worked mainly on inequalities and social justice in education. In 2016-2020 he worked for the Jean Monnet Activities, where he promoted the need to teach about the European Union at school. Since 2020 he works in the Cultural Policy Unit of the same Directorate-General, so far primarily on the links between culture, democracy and social cohesion, on the wider benefits of culture, on school/culture collaborations, on widening citizens’ access to and participation in culture, and on the links between culture and intergenerational fairness.