The uncertainties looming over the coming years are vast, ranging from the conflict on Europe’s eastern border and its aftermath, to the far-reaching implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for higher education (HE) and research. In setting its objectives and strategy for 2025-2029, CeiED draws upon several guiding documents, notably the UNESCO Report Reimagining Our Futures Together (2021), EU Frameworks concerning the European Education and Research Areas, and the EUA report A University Without Walls (2021).

Aligned with the concept of education as a Global Commons, CeiED endeavors to confront pivotal challenges in education, sociomuseology, and research, with an emphasis on inclusion, diversity, and decolonial perspectives. Its strategic initiatives encompass research, advanced training, and public science, covering themes like public policies, decolonial pedagogy, and memory studies.

CeiED prioritizes innovative pedagogies, professional development, and interdisciplinary research to nurture holistic learner development and societal well-being. Additionally, it is committed to enhancing doctoral education, fostering a research culture among PhD candidates and junior scholars. Furthermore, CeiED aims to broaden its international networks, fostering collaborations in Europe, the Ibero-American space, and facilitating North-South cooperation.

The structure of CeiED adheres to the FCT Bylaws. It comprises a Scientific Council, consisting of 36 integrated researchers, which elects the Scientific Coordinator acting as Director. Other components include the Board of Directors, ensuring representation from all its structures; the Ethics Committee; the Steering Committee, and the External Advisory Board. CeiED’s operational team comprises 5 full-time and 1 part-time staff responsible for managing R&D projects and communication channels such as the website, newsletter, and publications.

CeiED’s operational model embraces a rhizomatic organization, fostering flexible hubs of research activities termed Research and Learning Communities (ReLeCo). These communities concentrate on specific research areas, fostering publication, and support for researchers in training. The ReLeCo encompasses six areas: Public Policies and Governance in Education; Memory, Citizenship, and Sociomuseology; Socio-Artistic Studies for Decoloniality and Sustainability; Teacher Education, Professionalism, and Teachers Identities; Learning and Innovation; and Social and Educational Mediation.

CeiED is the publisher of two international journals, the Revista Lusófona de Educação (RLE) and Cadernos de Sociomuseologia (CSM), which are prominent in the fields of Education Science and Museology. In addition, its public science initiatives amalgamate research, teaching, and social outreach through the Observatory of Education and Training Policies (a joint structure with the Associated Laboratory CES-U. Coimbra), and the Public Science Forum.