Profile

Honorary Rector of the University of Lisbon since 2014.

Rector of the University of Lisbon from 2006 to 2013.

Full Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, since 1996.

Ambassador of Portugal to UNESCO, in Paris, from 2018 to 2021.

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Educational Sciences from the University of Geneva (1986).

PhD in History from the University of Paris IV – Sorbonne (2006).

Honorary Doctorates: University of Algarve (2015), University of Brasília (2015),

Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (2016), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2017), Federal University of Santa Maria (2019), University of São Paulo (2021), Honorary Professor at the Macau Polytechnic Institute, China (2018).

President of ISCHE (International Standing Conference for the History of Education) from 2000 to 2003.

President of the Portugal Day, Camões, and Portuguese Communities Celebrations in 2012.

University of Coimbra Prize (2014).

Corresponding Academic Member of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture since 2015.

Full Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Class of Humanities: 3rd Section – Philosophy, Psychology, and Educational Sciences) since 2022.

Member of the Portuguese Council of State from 2022 to 2024.