EDUCATION
& INNOVATION

Develop research in education, in both school and non-school environments, functioning as a vital support structure for innovative socio-educational projects and interventions.

Promote interdisciplinary networked research activities, leveraging digital technologies to foster collaboration and cooperation among researchers.

Intervene directly in the complex challenges of contemporary education, using interdisciplinary approaches and a commitment to practices based on the promotion of science and culture to drive human and social development.

vision

CI&DEI aims to be a catalyst for transformative impact in education, focusing on sustainability and territorial cohesion.

Seeks to be a leader in promoting quality holistic education throughout life, considering pedagogical and cultural dimensions in multiple socioeconomic and territorial contexts.

This vision is driven by a culture of innovation, diversity, and social responsibility, supported by a socioconstructivist epistemological basis and a sociocritical approach that values knowledge construction through interdisciplinary research and social intervention anchored in professional expertise.

strategic priorities

Strengthen the commitment to quality teacher training, focusing on reinforcing the connection between Practice and Theory, promoting interdisciplinarity and multiculturalism, encouraging learner-centered approaches, critically using digital resources and Artificial Intelligence, and stimulating the development of critical thinking.

Deepen the integration and territorial cohesion of education by conducting research on local approaches to learning and territorial asymmetries in teaching.

Promote environmental, social, and cultural sustainability through research.

STRATEGIC
AXES

Strategic axis A
RESEARCH Research on holistic and inclusive lifelong education, in both formal and non-formal learning contexts.

Strategic Axis B
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Educational research and intervention with and within the community, aiming for a transformative impact on its sustainability, with an emphasis on equity, quality education and health, and social justice.

Strategic Axis C
INNOVATION AND TRAINING Research within a culture of innovation, with a transformative impact on training, particularly of educational and socio-educational agents.

ORGANIZATION

CI&DEI seeks to enhance coordination and management, as well as to foster interaction and synergy among its members
The management bodies for the 2025-2029 period include: the scientific coordinator; the board; the scientific council; the scientific coordination committee (composed of the board and the coordinators of each research line); and the external advisory board.

organizational chart

EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD
Jose Maria Fernandez Batanero | Universidad Sevilla, Spain
Rui Manuel Marques | Instituto Padre António Vieira, Portugal
Joe O’Hara | Dublin City University, Irland
Margarida Gaspar de Matos | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Petra Grell | Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Jorge Arroteia | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Carlos Alberto Vilar Estêvão | Universidade do Minho, Portugal

RESEARCH
LINES

Educational Policies, Didactics and Training

Aims to deepen research on educational policies and the organization of education and training systems in multiple dimensions.
Simultaneously, it develops research in Didactics for transformative and innovative education, oriented towards critical citizenship and sustainable development.

collaborator

Ana Paula Coelho de Pina Proença

Ana Paula Mendes Correia Couceiro Figueira

Ana Sofia Caseiro

Anabela Mendonça

Cátia Sofia Nunes Rodrigues

Isabel Maria de Carvalho Pinto Neves Aires de Matos

Leandro Ricardo Nogueira Cavadas

Maria Adelina Ferreira Castelo

Maria Celeste Pereira Frazão

Maria de São Pedro dos Santos Silva Lopes

Maria Isabel Pinto Simões Dias

Maria João Bártolo Macário

Nelson Cândido Pedrosa Marques Cardoso

Rita Friães Neves da Silva

Susana Alexandre dos Reis

Susana Margarida da Costa Nunes

William Afonso Cantú

Health Education and Quality of Life

It focuses on advancing research on the determinants of health and healthy practices.
Its objective is to promote behaviors that improve health and well-being through innovative learning experiences, while simultaneously fostering equity, inclusion, and health for all.

Education, Citizenship and Inclusion

It focuses on research and intervention to promote inclusion, citizenship, and cultural diversity.
It addresses issues such as discrimination, migration, and cultural adaptation, with special emphasis on the study of accessibility and integration of people with disabilities and inclusion through sport.
Committed to inclusive education, it seeks to contribute to the understanding of social phenomena and to the promotion of educational practices that foster equality and active participation in society.

collaborator

Carla Carvalho

Catarina Frade Mangas

Cezarina da Conceição Santinho Maurício

Francisco José Miranda Gonçalves

Gonçalo João Mota

Jenny Gil Sousa

Manuel Silvestre Conde

Márcio Dinis do Nascimento de Jesus

Marco José Marques Gomes Alves Gomes

Maria Cristina Peixoto Amaral Santos Rodrigues Matos

Maria Manuela Amado da Silva Francisco

Mario Viché Gonzalez

Miguel Júlio Teixeira Guerreiro Jerónimo

Miguel Leite Borges da Mata Pereira

Susana Isabel da Cunha Sardinha Monteiro

ICT and Multimedia in Education

It aims to strengthen research networks and focuses on the development and application of knowledge in digital literacy, as well as on the creation of strategies and technological resources for both in-person and distance learning, in school and non-school contexts. It seeks to create a collaborative space that promotes advanced skills in the use of emerging technologies in education, such as Artificial Intelligence.

DOCUMENTS

RULES
Regulation
Researcher Guide
Logos and advertising guidelines
Financial Execution Standards of FCT 2020-2023

PROJECTS
Regulations • R&D Projects
Project submission form
Projects template

FORMS
imq0801pt • request for financial support • participation in scientific meetings/conferences • translation • review • submission
imq0812pt • shared expense
imq0813pt • new member proposal
imq0401 • internal requisition of need

2025

FCT evaluation

GOOD

organization
management institutions

Sandrina Milhano
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Tiago Almeida
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

research lines
redefinition

Educational Policies, Didactics and Training
Health Education and Quality of Life
Education, Citizenship and Inclusion
ICT and Multimedia in Education

2024

organization

main management institution

Antonino Pereira
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu

management institutions

Pedro Tadeu
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
Hélia Pinto
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Maria João Silva
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

external advisory board

→ Jose Maria Fernandez Batanero
Universidad Sevilla, Spain
→ Rui Manuel Marques
Instituto Padre António Vieira, Portugal
→ Joe O’Hara
Dublin City University, Irland
→ Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
→ Petra Grell
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
→ Jorge Arroteia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
→ Carlos Alberto Vilar Estêvão
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2023

scientific
coordinator

appointment

Antonino Pereira
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu

2022

research lines

redefinition

Educational Policies, Didactics and Training
Health Education and Quality of Life
Education, Citizenship and Inclusion
Education for Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
ICT and Multimedia in Education

2020

FCT evaluation

GOOD

external advisory board
redefinition

→ Jorge Adelino da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
→ José Jesús Gásquez Linares
Universidad Almería, Spain
→ José Maria Fernández Batanero
Universidad Sevilla, Spain
→ Júlio Pedrosa de Jesus
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
→ María Cruz Sánchez Gómez
Universidad Salamanca, Spain
→ Rui Manuel Marques
Instituto Padre António Vieira, Portugal

2018

creation

organization
main management institution

Ana Paula Cardoso
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu

management institutions

Pedro Tadeu
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
Hélia Pinto
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

research lines

→ Didactics and Teacher Training
→ Education in Non-Formal Contexts
→ Inclusive Education
→ Education for Entrepreneurship

EDUCATION& INNOVATION

funded by FCT

HIGHLIGHTS

CI&DEIIN NUMBERS

PROJECTS

in progress

completed

ABOUTCI&DEI

mission

vision

strategic priorities

STRATEGICAXES

ORGANIZATION

RESEARCHLINES

integrated

collaborator

integrated

collaborator

integrated

collaborator

integrated

collaborator

DOCUMENTS

2025

FCT evaluation

GOOD

organization management institutions

research lines redefinition

2024

organization

main management institution

management institutions

external advisory board

2023

scientificcoordinator

appointment

2022

research lines

redefinition

2020

FCT evaluation

GOOD

external advisory board redefinition

2018

creation

organization main management institution

management institutions

research lines

EDUCATION
& INNOVATION

CI&DEI
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ABOUT
CI&DEI

STRATEGIC
AXES

RESEARCH
LINES

organization
management institutions

research lines
redefinition

scientific
coordinator

external advisory board
redefinition

organization
main management institution