Has a PhD in Sociology by ISCTE (2015), is a integrated researcher in CIES-IUL since 2020 e invited teacher in the Department of "Métodos de Pesquisa Social" (30%) in ISCTE. Started to work in research in 2008 (in another research centre, CICS.NOVA), and has a vast experience in research projects in the areas of education, public policies, school administration and management, diagnostic studies for strategic planning and models of evaluation of projects/ programs. Besides those areas, her interests include studies about social inclusion and the mobilization and development of multimethod strategies.

Otávio Raposo is an integrated researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), and an Invited Lecturer at the same University. He carries out research in the fields of urban studies, youth, segregation, art and migrations in Portugal and Brazil. He is currently addressing artistic practices and the civic engagement of young people from the outskirts of Lisbon, as well as the public politics addressed to them. He has made many several ethnographic films, including “Nu Bai. Lisbon’s Black Rap” (2007) and “At the Quinta with Kally” (2019).

Patrícia Ávila (patricia-avila@iscte.pt). PhD and Master Degree in Sociology. Associate Professor at Iscte at the Department of Social Research Methods of the School of Sociology and Public Policies. Integrated Researcher at CIES-Iscte. Director of the Doctoral Programme in Sociology (CIES e Iscte). Coordinator of the Research Group 'Knowledge Society, Competencies and Communication', at CIES-Iscte. She has participated in several research projects on different themes, with particular emphasis on literacy and reading, competencies, adult education, science and society, and social research methods She is the author of several articles and books.  

Pedro Abrantes is assistant professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Management, at Universidade Aberta, and invited professor of the Master's Proframme Education and Society, at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), university where he completed his Graduation and PhD in Sociology. His main fields of expertise are education, social inequalities and life pathways. Throughout the last 15 years, he took part in several projects and activities of the Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL), including being member of the Board between 2006 and 2012. He was also lecturer at the Polytechnic Institutes of Santarém e Leiria, as well as at Universidade de Lisboa e at Universidad Iberoamericana (México). He was consultant in programmes held by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and by the Aga Khan Foundation, and visiting researcher at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Espanha) and Centro de Investigación en Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (México). He is member of the Portuguese Society for Educational Sciences and the Portuguese Sociological Association, where he was coordinator of the Sociology of Education section and member of the Board. He was also formerly President of a Fair Trade Association and national representative of an european network. He is author of 12 books, 32 chapters and 45 scientific articles (20 in international journals). From 2016 to 2020, he was Advisor of the Minister of Education. Since 2020, he is deputy director of the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics.

Sandra Mateus is a sociologist with a PhD in Sociology from Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2014). She is a researcher at CIES-Iscte and a visiting assistant professor at Iscte, where she heads the Master's programme in Education and Society and is coordinator of the 1st year of the degree in Sociology. She is an elected member of the CIES Scientific Committee. In Portugal, she is currently coordinating the European project H:ouse (AMIF), centred on housing challenges in the integration of refugees (2024-2026), and the European project Space4Us (Erasmus+), on the social inclusion of young people in vulnerable situations (2022-2024). She is pursuing a research programme on the ways in which the identities and belonging of young people of mixed origin are created in transnational family contexts. She has researched and taught in the areas of education, migration, social inequalities and youth, with a particular focus on the children of immigrants. She has authored and co-authored several publications, communications and conferences. Her teaching experience includes curricular units on "Learning Society" and "Children of Immigrants and Education" on Iscte's MA in Education and Society, and other units such as "Object and Method of Sociology", "Sociology of Education", "Educational Policies", "Integration in Migratory Processes", and "Multicultural Mediation in Educational Contexts". She has also taught at the Lisbon School of Education (2011) and the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon (2005). She has been a trainer in various institutions and with different audiences, including teachers, social workers and animators. She was part of the national management team of the Escolhas Programme (2006-2008), coordinating the programme's communication, the area of children of immigrants and the training of local teams; and she was also part of the Informal Working Group for the Integration of Children of Immigrants, supported by ACIDI - High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue, IP. At this Institute, she was also a member of the Training Centre for raising awareness about the reception and integration of immigrants. Between 2009 and 2010, he learnt and used Stand Up Comedy for the public dissemination of science, through his participation in the "Cientistas de Pé" project.

Susana da Cruz Martins, sociologist, with PhD in Sociology. Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy (School of Sociology and Public Policy) of ISCTE-IUL. Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) and member of Inequality Observatory (CIES-Iscte). She has been the (Portuguese) national coordinator of the European Project Eurostudent, II, III VI and VII (Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe). She was Gulbenkian Professorship (by FC Gulbenkian) and she has participated and coordinated several research projects, national and international, dedicated to areas of research such as education policies, higher education, comparative education systems, education and social mobility, and social inequalities.

Teresa Seabra (teresa.seabra@iscte-iul.pt) graduated in Pedagogy (1980) and Sociology (1989), master in Sociology (1995) and PhD in Sociology (2008). Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, ISCTE-IUL. Director of the Master's Degree in Education and Society. Researcher at the Center for Research and Sociology Studies at the University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-IUL) since 1993. Main fields of research: social inequalities in education; descendants of immigrants in school; family education; the school effect on school outcomes. Author and co-author of several articles in scientific journals, chapters of books and books. Among the publications, we highlight the book Adaptation and Adversity: the school performance of students of Indian and Cape Verdean origin in basic education, published in 2010 by the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL). Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Sociology of Education of the Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS).

Tiago Lapa is an assistant professor and researcher at CIES-IUL, in the area of ¿¿communication, in the Department of Sociology of the School of Sociology and Public Policy of ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Coordinates and / or teaches curricular units in the fields of digital sociology, communication and online methods of inquiry. He has around 10 years of experience in academic teaching in the area of ¿¿sociology and communication sciences, having taught curricular units such as Sociology of Communication, Communication Theories and Communication Skills at ISCTE-IUL, but also in other national institutions, such as the ESECS of Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and the European University - Portugal. It is also in this area that he has carried out supervisions of master and doctoral studies, collaborated as a reviewer in publications and participates in COST and Erasmus + programs and in international scientific networks such as the World Internet Project and the European Media Coach Initiative, related to Internet studies , the digital divide and new media literacy. He also belongs to the advisory council of the Safe Internet Center of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). His scientific work has been published in the form of books, chapters and articles in indexed journals of international circulation.