Integrated member

Biographical Note

Full Professor at NOVA FCSH, he has a degree in Economics, a PhD in Sociology and has spent most of his career in the Department of Sociology at NOVA FCSH. Over the last 20 years he has carried out research in the field of the historical sociology of education. Both in the teams she has coordinated and in the research projects she has developed, she has always favoured a multidisciplinary approach based on the formulation of problems and on macro and comparative approaches to educational systems and modernisation processes.

Research Interests

Evolution of modern national education systems in comparative perspective
Interaction between education, the opportunity system and economic growth
Collaborative networks of schools
Territorial inequalities in education systems

Relevant Publications

O Ensino em Portugal, antes e depois do 25 de Abril. Um século em análise. (Coord.) 4 volumes, Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Lisboa, 2024.

Ensaios sobre o dia seguinte. O mundo, Portugal e a educação. Coimbra, Ed. Almedina, 2023.

“Capital humano e crescimento económico: o caso português em dois andamentos” in 111 Anos. Por onde andou e para onde vai a economia portuguesa. Coimbra, Almedina, 2023.

Atlas da Educação. Contextos sociais e locais do sucesso e insucesso. Lisboa, EPIS-CICS.NOVA, 4 vols., 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.

Current PhD students

External collaborations

Helena Cabeleira (EDUNOVA.ISPA, NOVA FCSH)
Liliana Pascueiro (EDUNOVA.ISPA, NOVA FCSH)
Paula Reis (EDUNOVA.ISPA, NOVA FCSH)
Sílvia Almeida (EDUNOVA.ISPA, NOVA FCSH)
Susana Batista (EDUNOVA.ISPA, NOVA FCSH)