The Interdisciplinary Research Center for Education and Development (CeiED) is a leading research and development unit in the fields of Education, Training, and Museology within the Lusófona Group. It is hosted by Lusófona University and founded by the Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural (COFAC).
The center brings together researchers from various areas within the Social and Human Sciences and Education who share a common goal: to advance knowledge towards Human Development. CeiED focuses on three fundamental dimensions of economic, social, and territorial cohesion: Education, Memory, and Territory, which include the fight against inequalities, respect for differences, and the recognition of the equal dignity of the human condition.
CeiED - Interdisciplinary Research Center for Education and Development activity is organized around three pillars: research, advanced training, and public science:
The public science pillar brings together research, teaching, and society through the UNESCO Chair of Education, Citizenship, and Cultural Diversity, the Observatory of Education and Training Policies (a common structure with the Associated Laboratory CES-University of Coimbra), the Public Science Forum. The CeiED is the publisher of two international journals, the Revista Lusófona de Educação (RLE) and Cadernos de Sociomuseologia (CSM), which are leading in the fields of Educational Sciences and Museology in Portuguese-speaking countries.