Aune Valk (PhD in Psychology) is currently vice-rector for academic affairs at the University of Tartu, Estonia. In years 2008 – 2014 she was Estonian national project manager for OECD survey of adult skills – PIAAC, coordinating also national PIAAC research programme that resulted in seven thematic reports. In 2014 – 2018 she was working as a head of the analyses department in the Ministry of Education and Research providing educational and research-policy making with data, statistics and studies. Her earlier positions include being researcher in different institutions and being director of Open University – the brand for adult education at the University of Tartu. She has numerous publications on cross-cultural psychology and education.