Judith Cosgrove

European Commission, Joint Research Centre. Digital competences and skills. Research for policy.

Judith Cosgrove works in the Digital Economy Unit of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Seville. Her work focuses on digital competence (the management of the DigComp framework) and the analysis of digital skills.

Before joining the JRC, she had worked in various roles, including Chief Executive Officer of the Educational Research Centre in Ireland, overseeing research projects, test development, national and international studies, and program evaluations.

She has collaborated internationally in several roles, including as Ireland's governing board representative on OECD's PISA and PIAAC studies, as well as national project manager on OECD's PISA study. She holds a PhD in comparative education and a Master’s in psychology.