The Consortium
CeiED at the Lusófona University
Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural CRL (COFAC) is the organisation legally responsible for Universidade Lusófona (UL), which is the largest non-profit university in Portugal. The Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) is ULusófona’s R&D Unit involved in EDU-LAB. CeiED is the leading R&D unit in the fields of Education, Training, and Sociomuseology within the Lusófona Group. ULusófona and CeiED lead WP4. Dr. Filomena Parada is an expert on career development and youth transitions to work and adulthood. She is a mixed-methods researcher with a lot of experience in qualitative research. Other research team members are Dr. Filipa Lourenço is the science manager of CeiED with an extensive experience in the management of projects funded by both European and national programs. She is also an expert on education and interculturality studies for equity, inclusion, and reducing inequalities and human development. Dr. Leanete Thomas Dotta is an expert on qualitative research, non-traditional students, and professional identities. Dr. Lucimar Dantas is an expert on learning and teaching in school contexts. Prof. João Filipe Matos is an expert on research methodologies in education, and education and training with emerging digital technologies. Dr. André Freitas is an expert on school education, research methodologies, and teacher professionalism and professional development.

Dr. Filomena Parada
Team Leader