With a PhD in Sociology from ISCTE (2015),is a researcher at CIES-IUL since 2020 and is a visiting assistant professor at ISCTE's Department of Social Research Methods (25% assignment). She began working in research in 2008 (at CICS.NOVA), and has extensive experience in research projects in the areas of education, welfare, public policy, school administration and management, diagnostic studies for the preparation of strategic documents and project/programme evaluation models using the Theory of Change. In addition to these areas, her interests include studies on social inclusion, and the development and application of "multi-method" methodologies (with experience in quantitative and qualitative techniques).   Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

1) Education:Bsc Social and Organizacional Psychology - ISPA 1989 Msc Organizational behaviour - ISPA 2003 Phd Management - HRM ISCTE IUL 2010 2) Professional Activity's (non academic): 1990-1991 Training and Recruitment chief - LAR Regional airlines1991-1993 Human Resources manager - Lar Regional airlines 1992-1993 Training manager - ODS Iberica 1993 Human Resources manager - Euroair SA 1993 Human Tesources manager - SERVICE AIR SA 1993-1997 Trainer - ICL, HCL, Hotel Roma, Páteo Alfacinha, Hotel do Mar, Hospital de São José, Hospital de vila Franca, Group A. Robalo, Centro de medicina física e reabilitação de Alcoitão, ARS Norte, ISSS, Sta Casa Misericordia. 1993-1997 HRM consultant 2000-2002 Consultant - Fernave1997-2008 - Manager - DSHO Lda 3) Academic work2020 - until now:  ECTS coordenator Dept RHCO IBS2005- until now - Researcher at Business Research Unit (BRU) ISCTE IUL 1996 - until now:  Teatcher at ISCTE IUL (senior teacher assistant since 2010) - IBS RH&CO Department  2009 - 2019:  Languages and soft skills lab director ISCTE IUL 2002-2004 Guest speaker - IADE Photography department 1996-2004 Lecturer FCUL Lisbon 1993 a 1996 Assistant ULHT Psychology Department and HRM department 1994-1995 Guest speaker - ESE Lisbon 1995-1996 Lecturer - ESSS, Lisbon 1994-1996 Lecturer- ESCS Lisboa 1991-1995 Guest speaker - ISPA 1990-1993 Lecturer ISHT Lisbon

  João Sebastião, sociologist, PhD in Sociology. Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Policies at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon and researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology-IUL (CIES-IUL), where he was director between 2014 and 2020. His main research areas are social inequalities in education, educational policies and school violence. In convergence with the research in sociology of education worked as expert in the area of school violence for different national and international institutions (OECD, EU, Council of Europe; or as developer and Coordinator of the School Safety Observatory of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, among others). At CIES maintains a line of work of applied science on programs about school success and early school leaving, class dimension, school violence and municipal educational plans, cooperating with schools, local authorities or NGOs.  

Sociologist, associated professor and Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at ISCTE-IUL and researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology, since 1987. Member of the National Council of Education. Former diretor of the Scientific Journal Sociology, Problems and Practices. The main research themes are policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, social policies, education and training policies, popular cultures, rehabilitation of people with disabilities, and planning and evaluation methodologies. He is the author of books, chapters of books,  articles and other papers (more than one hundred and a half) published in Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mauritania, Belgium and Angola. He presented communications and lectures in about two hundred scientific meetings in Portugal and abroad. He was Director General of the Department of Studies, Prospects and Planning of the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity (1998-2001), Director General of the Directorate General of Innovation and Curriculum Development of the Ministry of Education (2006-2008) and President of the Agency For the Qualification (2008-2011). He was a member of the Employment Committee of the European Union. He is an active collaborator of diverse associations, of social, professional and local character.

Maria João Lima has a PhD in Sociology  by Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon. She holds a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology and a Bachelor's degree in Musicology (FCSH-UNL). She was a research assistant  at INET-MD-Instituto de Etnomusicologia Música e Dança (1995-2000) and at OAC - Cultural Activities Observatory (2001-2013). Her research is mainly focused on cultural policies, cultural audiences and cultural expressive practices. She is currently part of the research team of the Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities (https://www.opac.cies.iscte-iul.pt/).

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.