CI&DEI
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SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
RESEARCHERS
PROJECTS
ABOUT
CI&DEI
mission
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.
EIXOS ESTRATÉGICOS
RESEARCH Research on holistic and inclusive lifelong education, in both formal and non-formal learning contexts.
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.
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.
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
Simultaneously, it develops research in Didactics for transformative and innovative education, oriented towards critical citizenship and sustainable development.
integrated
collaborator
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.
integrated
collaborator
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.
integrated
collaborator
integrated
collaborator
DOCUMENTS
RULES
Regulation
Researcher Guide
Logos and advertising guidelines
Financial Execution Standards of FCT 2020-2023
RULES
Regulations • R&D Projects
Project submission form
Projects template
RULES
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
→ Políticas Educativas, Didáticas e Formação
→ Educação para a Saúde e Qualidade de Vida
→ Educação, Cidadania e Inclusão
Education for Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
→ TIC e Multimédia na Educação
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