Events

Lusófona University, Lisbon, October 14 and 15, 2026

Four decades after the approval of the Portuguese Framework Law of the Education System, a moment of reflection is necessary. Between celebration and debate, between evoking the past and problematizing the present, there are choices to be made. In a context where public debate on education tends to be fragmented, technocratic, or subordinated to short-term agendas, it becomes essential to refocus the discussion on major political options and their foundations. This seminar aims, therefore, to constitute a broad, plural, and participatory forum, involving researchers, teachers, students, education system professionals, and institutional leaders.

The central question guiding the seminar is: What kind of Framework Law do we need today, not just as a legal instrument, but as a political, social, and educational project to respond to the contemporary challenges of education?

More than marking a historical milestone, the seminar aims to create a space for public discussion about education policies in Portugal. The Framework Law should not only be remembered as a founding reference, but questioned in light of the social, economic, cultural, and technological transformations that have marked the last 40 years and, above all, those that shape our future.

The seminar aims to value the contribution of new generations of researchers to the analysis and understanding of the Portuguese education system. Thus, it encourages the participation of young researchers through the submission of works based on completed or ongoing master's dissertations and doctoral theses.

Programme

We invite the submission of communication proposals that address the following themes:

Proposal Submission

Participation Costs

Participants with communication

Participants without communication

Organization

• CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Center on Education and Development, Lusófona University
• CIE-UMa – Education Research Centre, University of Madeira
• CIEP – Research Center on Education and Psychology, University of Évora

With the support of

• Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS)
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação (SPCE)
• Associação de História da Educação de Portugal (HISTEDUP)
• Fórum Português de Administração Educacional (FPAE)
• Associação Nacional de Docentes de Educação Especial (Pró-Inclusão)

Contacts

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Local

Agostinho da Silva Auditorium
Lusófona University of Lisbon

Programme

The solo exhibition Como olhar junto by Luiza Baldan, visual artist and researcher funded by FCT — 2023.08863.CEECIND — at CeiED/Universidade Lusófona, is on view at NowHere Lisboa until 30 May.

Luiza Baldan’s project involves observation, listening, and collaborative research in a community library in Cova do Vapor, a small coastal settlement located where the Tagus River meets the Atlantic Ocean, whose landscape has been reshaped over the past century due to the advance of the sea. At NowHere, the artist presents the project’s book-object, a series of portraits printed on fabric, and a sound installation that re-enacts Primeira Praia during a performance held and filmed in October 2023. This same installation becomes a stage for a series of gatherings taking place throughout the exhibition, and has already been activated during the opening by the same participants from the original performance.

This project gave rise to Baldan’s broader academic research.

The programme includes a special “readings by the fire” session on 23 May, at 7 pm, with Duda Las Casas, Fernanda Drummond, Mariana Varela, Maura Grimaldi, and Tatiana Salem Levy. The session proposes cross-readings between excerpts from the project’s book-object and texts authored by the invited participants.

On 28 May, the artist will welcome a group of students from Voz do Operário for a visual and literary development workshop, with the participation of Diego Garcez, José Carvalheiro, Raphael Almeida, Yuli Anastassakis, Tánia Cardoso, and Rodrigo Crespo.

On 29 May, at 7 pm, NowHere invites the public to the closing event, with the presence of the artist and the curator and director of the space, Cristiana Tejo, for a guided visit and a public conversation around the project.

Admission is free and open to all audiences.

More information about the project:
https://luizabaldan.framer.website/comoolharjunto

More information about NowHere Lisboa:
https://www.nowhere-lisboa.com/

The conference “World Portuguese Language Day and Portuguese Language and Culture Day in the CPLP” aims to highlight the central role of language in Portuguese-speaking higher education and in strengthening relations between CPLP countries.

The call for papers is now open for the IX International Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Comparative Education(SBEC), which will be held concurrently with the V Ibero-American Congress of Comparative Education (SIBEC) and the II Congress of Comparative Education – Uruguayan Society of Comparative and International Education (SUECI). Under the theme “Comparison is essential! Comparative analysis and the future of Ibero-American education”, the event will take place on 25, 26 and 27 August 2026 at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP – Brazil), bringing together researchers, academics and professionals to discuss the main contemporary challenges in education from a comparative perspective.

The conference proposes an in-depth reflection on educational policies, teaching practices, inclusion, innovation and the impacts of global transformations on education systems, building on the work carried out in previous editions in different Ibero-American countries. Researchers from CeiED are members of the event’s Scientific Committee.