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CeiED researcher publishes opinion piece in EUA-CDE
CeiED researcher Sónia Cardoso has published an opinion piece in the EUA-CDE (European University Association – Council for Doctoral Education) Doctoral Debate series, entitled The doctorate was supposed to be about discovery — what happened?.
Ana Sofia Pereira opens HOCUS POCUS Seminar in Barcelos
Ana Sofia Pereira, a PhD candidate in Education (3rd year), delivered the opening lecture of the HOCUS POCUS Seminar, held as part of the Opening of the 2025/26 Academic Year of the Municipality of Barcelos.
In her presentation, she emphasized the importance of Pedagogical Differentiation as an essential strategy for building more inclusive, equitable, and meaningful educational practices.
The Seminar was part of the activities of the Network for Innovation, Educational Success and Equity (RISEe), whose mission is to promote the holistic development of children, young people, and adults, with a strong focus on well-being, equity, and inclusion.
Acknowledged for its positive impact on educators and teachers and, above all, for the direct benefits it brings to students, the HOCUS POCUS program has increasingly established itself as a benchmark in strengthening innovative pedagogical practices.
Euridice Project Biannual Meeting
The fourth biannual meeting of the Euridice project took place on September 3, 4, and 5 at the Slovak Office for Research and Development in Brussels.
CeiED Researchers at the European Conference on Educational Research, in Belgrade, Serbia
Researchers Elsa Estrela, Leanete Thomas Dotta, Lucimar Dantas, Vanessa Russo, and André Freitas took part in the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), held in Belgrade, Serbia.
CeiED Researcher Completes Postdoctoral Studies at Paris-Saclay University
Teresa Teixeira Lopo, researcher at CeiED, co-director of OP.Edu – Observatory for Education and Training Policies, and Assistant Professor at Lusófona University – University Centre of Lisbon, has completed her postdoctoral studies at Paris-Saclay University.
Two CeiED Projects Funded in the FCT 2024 Exploratory Research Projects Call
Within the 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects in All Scientific Domains, promoted by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), eight projects were funded in the Education Sciences panel. Among these, two are coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) of Lusófona University.
The project entitled “Rupture, Popular Power and Emancipation? The Participation of University Students in Literacy Movements (1974–1976)”, led by Teresa Lopo, achieved first place in the Education Sciences panel, with a score of 8.49 points.
The second funded project, entitled “The Power of Protest: The April Revolution and the Construction of the Portuguese Teachers’ Trade Union Movement (1974–1979)”, coordinated by António Teodoro, Director of CeiED, will examine the role of teachers and the emergence of teachers’ unionism in the context of the April Revolution.
These results represent an important recognition of the quality of the research carried out at CeiED and of its contribution to the study of the history of education in Portugal, particularly in the post–April Revolution period.