George K. Zarifis is Assistant Professor of Continuing Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests focus on adult educators' training and professionalisation, university continuing education, and comparative examination of adult learning and vocational education and training (VET) policies and practices in Europe. He is co-convener of ESREA Research Network on Adult Educators, Trainers and their Professional Development (ReNAdET). He researches, publishes, edits and co-authors in the area of adult and continuing education and VET, and participates in a large number of European funded projects and studies in the same field.