Sofia Almeida Santos (0519-7119-77B6)

Curriculum Vitae

Sofia Almeida Santos

Sofia Almeida Santos is a FCT- funded Research Fellow and knowledge broker at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE) (University of Porto, Portugal). She holds a European Ph.D. (2015) and a master's degree (2009) in Educational Sciences, and has almost twenty years of experience in the field of educational research. She also has completed post-graduate studies in Public Policy Evaluation at IPPS-ISCTE, and in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: DEI Strategies for Business Impact at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education. Sofia’s research expertise and interests are focused on citizenship and sex education, gender studies; refugee and asylum policy; diversity and inclusion in education, early school leaving, social justice and educational policies. Currently, she is the Portuguese representative of the Experts Policy Adviser Network at the Council of Europe, specializing in citizenship education and democracy. She has influenced public education policies, served as an expert advisor to the Minister of Education during the period from 2020 to 2022; as a member of the National Education for Citizenship Strategy; as scientific consultant of Directorate General for Education of the Portuguese government and of the Autonomous Region of Azores; as member of the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education, and currently as a member of the FPCEUP Scientific Council. She conducted extensive research on education, early school leaving and gender inequalities, and contributed to academia through publications, presenting findings at numerous academic conferences and teaching. Sofia has participated in several international studies and projects, and she is still strongly committed with education as consultant of Porto Editora.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Sofia Almeida Santos

Citation names

Santos, Sofia
Santos, Sofia Almeida
Sofia A. Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0519-7119-77B6
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8512-2335

Telephones

Mobile phone

936467877 (Personal)

Telephone

22 607 97 Ext.: 308 (Professional)

Websites

https://www.fpce.up.pt/ciie/?q=researchers/sofia-santos (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Social Sciences - Sociology - Social Topics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/09 - 2023/07 Concluded	Avaliação de Políticas Públicas (Pós-Graduação) Instituto para as Políticas Públicas e Sociais - ISCTE, Portugal
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31 Concluded	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: DEI Strategies for Business Impact. (Outros) University of Cambridge; Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education, United Kingdom
2015/06/12 Concluded	European PhD in Education (Doutoramento) Major in Distinction Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, United Kingdom University of Leeds, United Kingdom "School-based Sex education under the spotlight of sexual and intimate citizenship: a focus on Portugal and England." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção
2009/05/10 Concluded	Master in Educational Sciences [Mestrado em Ciências da Educação ] (Mestrado) Major in Distinction Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "Lugares Emergentes da Animação Sociocultural: Experiências e produção socioeducativas, situadas na tensão entre exclusão social e igualdade como condição" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção
2006 Concluded	Degree in Education [Licenciatura] (Licenciatura) Major in 17 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/04/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Science and Technology Foundation, Portugal
	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2006 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal

2017 - 2022	Researcher (Research)	University of Warwick, United Kingdom
	University of Warwick, United Kingdom
2018 - 2019	Researcher (Research)	Council of Europe Expert, Portugal
	Council of Europe Expert, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/03	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, Leeds University, Portugal

2011/09 - 2012/05	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Faculty of Education, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/02 - Current	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/12	Lecturer (University Teacher)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07	Lecturer (University Teacher)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Lecturer (University Teacher)	University of Warwick, United Kingdom
	Departamento de Sociologia, United Kingdom

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01/01 - 2022/04/01	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Portuguese Cabinet of the Minister of Education, Portugal
	Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11 - Current	Member of EPAN - Experts Policy Advisers Network	Council of Europe, France

2022/12/01 - Current	Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2018/05/01 - 2019/12	Board Member	Scientific-Pedagogical Council of Continuing Professional Training, Portugal
	Scientific-Pedagogical Council of Continuing Professional Training, Portugal
2018/06 - 2019/06	Scientific Consultant	Porto Editora, Portugal
	Porto Editora, Portugal
2018/06 - 2019/06	Scientific Consultant	Porto Editora, Portugal
	Porto Editora, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Scientific Consultant	Regional Directorate of Education and Educational Administration, Portugal

2016/06 - 2016/12	Scientific Consultant as member of the Working Group on the Strategy for Citizenship Education	Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal
	Secretaria de Estado da Cidadania e Igualdade e Secretaria de Estado da Educação, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2017/04 - 2022/04	Promoting Gender Equality in Education ES/M500434/1 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Department of Sociology, Warwick University, United Kingdom	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL / UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	EduTransfer - Learning from diverse educational settings: Transferability of promising practices in the 2020 Horizon PTDC/CED-EDG/29886/2017 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/02 - 2018/01	[FP7] RESL.eu: Reducing Early School Leaving in the EU 320223 Post-doc Fellow	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2007/09 - 2010/10	Sexualities, Youth and Teenage Pregnancy in North-western Portugal 67931 Provided by PTCRIS: 67931 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2007 - 2009	Percursos biográficos de jovens na escola e na comunidade POCI/CED/57938/2004 Researcher Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024/01/01 - Current	SIRIUS 3.0 - Impactful and sustainable policy change for migrant education 101114742 — Sirius 3.0 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2027/09/01	YOUTH ROMANCE CULTURE AND EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN COMPULSORY SECONDARY_ROMANCE SUCCESP PID2022-138681OB-I00 Research Fellow Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Estudios de las Mujeres y de Género, Spain	Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2025	TeachXevidence. Preventing gender-based violence in schools based on scientific evidence with social impact 101096234 Member of the Consultant Board Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2021 - 2024	Cosi.ed - Co-created Education through Social Inclusion 621365-EPP-1-2020-1-NO-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN Research Fellow Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2020 - 2023	Expanding Impact on Policy, Practices and Products for Gender-Sensitive Education in Portugal ES/T502054/1 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) University of Warwick, United Kingdom	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL / UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/12	TraSPASA - Trayectorias de éxito/abandono em secundaria profesional (fp) desde el análisi del romance juvenil en la actual sociedade andaluz digital PY20_00198 Research Fellow Universidad de Granada, Spain	Concluded
2021 - 2022/12	ROMANCE SUCC-ED La caja negra del fracaso escolar. Análises de las trayectyorias de éxito/fracaso escolar en secundaria obligatoria desde la perspectiva de las relaciones afectivosexualies adolescentes en la actual sociedade andaluza digital B-SEJ-332-UGR20 Research Fellow Universidad de Granada, Spain	Concluded
2019/03 - 2022/02	Projeto “Educação para a Cidadania” XX Member of the Consultant Board Fundação Gonçalo da Silveira, Portugal Centro de Investigação para o Desenvolvimento Humano da Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Centro Regional do Porto , Portugal	EEA Grants Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Fundação Bissaya Barreto Concluded
2019 - 2021	motivatEyoUth - Preventing the Early School Leaving phenomenon in the EU through practical and innovative solutions 2018-2-IT03-KA205-014235 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme Concluded
2017/12 - 2020/01	THRIECE - Teaching for Holistic, Relational and Inclusive Early Childhood Education 2017-1-IE01-KA201-025698 Research Fellow Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme Concluded
2017/09 - 2019/09	STALWARTS - Sustaining Teachers and Learners With the Arts: Relational Health in European Schools 2017-1-UK01-KA203-036723 Research Fellow	European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme Concluded
2015 - 2017	LINK – Learning in a New Key: Engaging Vulnerable Young People in School Education 2015-1-UK01-KA201-013752 Researcher Center for Research and Intervention in Education, Portugal	European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Fonseca, L.; Santos, Sofia. Sexualidades, Gravidez e Juventude: Relações sociais e educativas.. Afrontamento. 2015. Published
Book chapter	Nada, Cosmin; Santos, Sofia. Corresponding author: Nada, Cosmin. "Reflexões em torno do insucesso e abandono escolares, à luz das políticas educativas nacionais e europeias". In Práticas promissoras em contexto: Transferibilidades de esperança com jovens e profissionais da educação.. porto, Portugal: Afrontamento, 2024. In press Santos, Sofia. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Sex Education: An untested feasibiliy for non-heterosexual young people in school.". In Freirian and feminist thought(s): epistemological and methodologic reverberations. New York, United States: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024. In press Santos, Sofia. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Desafios e expectativas da profissionalidade docente: análise a partir da discussão em grupo". In Práticas promissoras em contexto: Transferibilidades de esperança com jovens e profissionais da educação.. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento, 2024. In press Santos, Sofia Almeida. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Brief Thoughts on Sex Education and its influence on school trajectories.". In Jovenes, trayectorias educativas e relaciones afectivosexuales: una mirada internacional., edited by M. Venegas & J.L. Paniza (Coord.).. Spain: Tirant Humanindades, 2024. In press Santos, Sofia. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Understanding teachers’ competences in constructing a school play.". In Addressing issues of mental health in schools through the arts: Teachers and music therapists working together (ISBN 978-042962850-4), edited by Nick Clough; Jane Tarr, 272-274. London: Routledge, 2021. Published Santos, Sofia. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Understanding teachers’ competences in constructing a school play [complementary materials 10].". In Addressing issues of mental health in schools through the arts: Teachers and music therapists working together.. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2021. Published Santos, S.A.; Macedo, E.. "Unveiling silence and pressures in the messages of school sex education: A path towards more egalitarian and democratic relationships". In Sexualities, Gender and Violence: A view from the Iberian Peninsula, edited by Enguix, B. & Vieira, C. P.,, 91-109. Nova Science Publishers., 2020. Published ¿ Macedo, E.; Carvalho, A; Doroftei, A.; Santos, Sofia; Araújo, H. C.. "El arte como catalizador para el reenganche educativo de jóvenes en una escuela de segunda oportunidad en Portugal". In Jóvenes resilientes en contextos socioeducativos adversos, 179-196. Barcelona: Editorial Grao., 2020. Published Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida. Corresponding author: Macedo, Eunice. "Pensar as sexualidades de mulheres e homens jovens, em Portugal: direitos, saber e prazer.". In Mulheres, gênero e sexualidades na sociedade: Diversos olhares sobre a cultura da desigualdade. 2020. Published Araújo, Helena C.; Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia; Nada, Cosmin. "Abandono escolar e "abandono escolar precoce" em foco em dois projetos de pesquisa: o Projeto RESL.EU e o Projeto EDUPLACES.". In Remar contra as desigualdades em educação: Práticas, vozes, percursos, 125-137. Vila Nova de Famalicão: Húmus, 2019. Published Macedo, E.; Santos, S.A.; Doroftei, A.O.. "Alternative learning arenas in Portugal: Hope for young adults?". In Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union, 199-214. Milton Park & New York: Routledge., 2018. Published Santos, S. A.. "La ciudadanía sexual e íntima como espacio para el reconocimiento de la igualdad sexual y de género en la educación sexual.". In De la igualdad de género a la igualdad sexual y de género: Reflexiones educativas y sociales. Madrid:: Editorial Dykinson., 2018. Santos, S.A.; Macedo, E.; Araújo, H.C.. "Educational trajectories of early school leavers in Portugal: Processes and conditions of (in)equality". In Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union, edited by . Van Praag, W. Nouwen, R. V. Caudenberg, N. Clycq, & C. Timmerman, 149-163. Milton Park & New York: Routledge., 2018. Published Santos, Sofia. "Nós não somos educados a falar disso e a dar nome às coisas: perspetivas, desejos e condicionalismos jovens". In Sexualidades, Gravidez e Juventude: relações sociais e educativas, edited by Fonseca, Laura & Santos, Sofia Almeida. Porto: Afrontamento, 2015. Araújo, Helena C.; Fonseca, Laura; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Biografias de gravidez/maternidade jovem: experiências de educação e cidadania sexual e íntima?". In Sexualidades, Gravidez e Juventude: relações sociais e educativas., edited by Fonseca, Laura & Santos, Sofia Almeida. Afrontamento, 2015. Published Fonseca, Laura; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Biografias de grávidas e mães jovens em contextos de proteção social: percursos, contextos e questões educativas.". In Sexualidades, Gravidez e Juventude: relações sociais e educativas., edited by Fonseca, Laura & Santos, Sofia Almeida. Af, 2015. Published Santos, Sofia; Fonseca, L.. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Olhares educativos sobre saúde sexual: jovens confrontam direitos sexuais e íntimos.". In Género e Saúde. Novas (in)visibilidades., edited by C. Nogueira & S. Magalhães. APEM e Afrontamento, 2013. Published
Book review	Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Recensão". Review of Fazendo género no recreio: A negociação de género em espaço escolar [Recensão do livro de Maria do Mar Pereira (2013): Published
Journal article	Nada, C.I.; Santos, S.A.; Macedo, E.; Araújo, H.C.. "Can mainstream and alternative education learn from each other? An analysis of measures against school dropout and early school leaving in Portugal". Educational Review 72 3 (2020): 365-385. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052287537&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/00131911.2018.1508127 Santos, Sofia Almeida; Nada, C.; Macedo, E.; Araújo, H.C.. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia Almeida. "What do young adults' educational experiences tell us about Early School Leaving processes?". European Educational Research Journal 19 5 (2020): 463-481. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089400999&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1177/1474904120946885 Venegas, M.; Villar-Aguilés, A.; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Sex and gender equality policies in education in three southern European societies: The cases of Andalusia and Valencian Community (Spain) and Portugal.". Revista Espanola de Sociologia 29 1 (2020): 137-151. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081291344&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.22325/fes/res.2020.09 Macedo, E.; Santos, Sofia; Doroftei, A. O.; Araújo, Helena C.; Nada, Cosmin. Corresponding author: Macedo, E.. "Visiones de jóvenes sobre su participación en medidas educativas en el Norte de Portugal: Entre desafíos y oportunidades.". Educación Siglo XXI 38 2 (2020): 131-152. Published Araújo, H.C.; Macedo, E.; Santos, S.A.; Doroftei, A.O.. "Tackling early school leaving: Principals’ insights into Portuguese upper secondary schools". European Journal of Education 54 1 (2019): 151-162. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061571510&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/ejed.12328 Macedo, E.; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Araújo, H.C.. "How can a second chance school support young adults' transition back to education?". European Journal of Education 53 4 (2018): 452-455. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054618613&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/ejed.12312 Santos, Sofia Almeida; Macedo, Eunice; Torres, Flora; Hardalova, P.. "Reinventing the Allegory of the Cave through drama: Teachers’ challenges and competences in education". Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 50 (2017): 75-93. http://www.fpce.up.pt/ciie/sites/default/files/ESC50_Eunice_etal.pdf. Open access • Accepted Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia. "Engaging vulnerable young people in education through the arts: Challenges and opportunities". Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 50 (2017): 7-14. https://www.fpce.up.pt/ciie/sites/default/files/ESC50_Foreword.pdf. Open access • Published Macedo, E.; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "In the quest for equality of condition: Women's situation in Belgium, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Portugal". Journal of International Women's Studies 14 3 (2013): 230-243. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886254202&partnerID=MN8TOARS. José Manuel Peixoto Caldas; Laura Fonseca; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Lígia Almeida. "Escuela y diversidad sexual: ¿que realidad?". Educação em Revista 28 3 (2012): 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1590%2Fs0102-46982012000300007. 10.1590/s0102-46982012000300007 Fonseca, Laura; Araújo, Helena C.; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Sexualities, teenage pregnancy and educational life histories in Portugal: Experiencing sexual citizenship?". Gender and Education 24 6 (2012): 647-664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867551355&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/09540253.2012.695772 Santos, Sofia Almeida; Araújo, H. C; Fonseca, L.. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Sex education and the views of young people on gender and sexuality in Portuguese schools.". Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 35 (2012): 29-44. Published Fonseca, L.; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Caldas, J.. "Cidadania, educação e responsabilidade social: percursos biográficos de jovens grávidas em contextos de protecção social". Educação & Sociedade 32 117 (2011): 1015-1033. Published Malafaia, C; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "O método auto-biográfico: Uma proposta educativa em tempo prisional.". Ousar Integrar – Revista de Reinserção Social 10 (2011): 85-89. Published Fonseca, L.; Santos, S.; Caldas, J.M.P.. "Citizenship, education and social responsibility: The biographical journey of young pregnant women in social protection environments,Cidadania, educação e responsabilidade social: Percursos biográficos de jovens grávidas em contextos de protecção social". Educacao e Sociedade 32 117 (2011): 1015-1033. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856980432&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1590/S0101-73302011000400007 Santos, Sofia; Macedo, E. Corresponding author: Santos, Sofia. "Belgian, Dutch, Lithuanian and Portuguese women have a say: Countries' social policies within Europe". Socialinis Darbas, Mokslo Darbai 9 2 (2010): 101-106. Published Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Still in between work and care? Women discussion about Belgium, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Portugal.". Gender Studies and Research 8 (2010): Published Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida. "Still in between paid and unpaid work? Women’s discussion about their situation in Belgium, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Portugal ; Vis dar tarp apmokamo ir neapmokamo darbo? Moteru nuomone apie ju padeti Belgijoje, Lietuvoje, Nyderlandu karalysteje ir Portugalijoje". (2010): http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:J.04~2010~ISSN_1822-6310.N_8.PG_59-69. Macedo, E.; Santos, Sofia. "Just Women? The women situations in labour market among four European countries". Ex-aequo 19 (2009): 129-155. Published
Journal issue	Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia; Nick Clough. "Engaging vulnerable young people in education through the Arts". Educação, Sociedade & Culturas 50 (2017): https://www.fpce.up.pt/ciie/?q=publication/revista-educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-sociedade-culturas/edition/educacao-sociedade-culturas-50. Published • Coeditor
Report	Araújo, Helena; Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Doroftei, Alexandra. 2017. A Longitudinal Study of Educational Trajectories of Youth at Risk of Early School Leaving.. https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/oldcontent/container23160/files/RESL%20eu%20Publication%205%20FINAL%202.pdf?_ga=2.68353105.173581360.1613242045-283792897.1613242045. Santos, Sofia Almeida; Araújo, Helena C.; Nada, Cosmin; Macedo, Eunice; Doroftei, Alexandra. 2017. Policy Brief for National and Regional Level Policy Makers. https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/oldcontent/container23160/files/RESL_Policy%20Brief%202_final.pdf?_gl=1uqk3xz_gcl_auMTAzMjYxNzY2LjE3MDg5MDQ0MjU._gaMTE2NzQ0Nzk5NC4xNzA4OTA0NDI1_ga_WVC36ZPB1YMTcwODkwNDQyNS4xLjEuMTcwODkwNDQzNy40OC4wLjA.&_ga=2.110428677.1208566571.1708904425-1167447994.1708904425. Araújo, Helena; Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Doroftei, Alexandra. 2016. Attitudes of school personnel to Early School Leaving.. https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/oldcontent/container23160/files/Publication%202_revisedfinal.pdf?_ga=2.64737519.173581360.1613242045-283792897.1613242045. Araújo, Helena; Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Doroftei, Alexandra. 2016. School-based Prevention and Intervention Measures and Alternative Learning Approaches to Reduce Early School Leaving. https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/oldcontent/container23160/files/RESL_Publicatie_A4_v2%20(002)(2).pdf?_ga=2.26327293.173581360.1613242045-283792897.1613242045. Araújo, Helena; Macedo, Eunice; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Doroftei, Alexandra. 2016. Evaluation of Extra-muros Measures for Reducing Early School Leaving - Portugal. Araújo, Helena; Macedo, Eunice; Doroftei, Alexandra; Santos, Sofia Almeida. 2015. The evaluation of intra-muros interventions to reduce early school leaving - Portugal.*.
Thesis / Dissertation	"School-based sex education under the spotlight of sexual and intimate citizenship: a focus on Portugal and England.". PhD, University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, 2015. "Lugares Emergentes da Animação Sociocultural: Experiências e produção socioeducativas, situadas na tensão entre exclusão social e igualdade como condição". Master, University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, 2009.
Working paper	Gomez, Fernanda; Santos, Sofia Almeida; Macedo, Eunice. 2023. "Educação Sexual de mulheres, ontem e hoje, em Portugal".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06/27	Mesa Inaugural: International Conference: Youth, Educational Trajectories & Sex and Love Relationships: An International View	International Conference: Youth, Educational Trajectories & Sex and Love Relationships: An International View Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2023/05/03	Abandono Escolar Temprano: Políticas públicas en acción	Plataforma Zero Abandonament (#ZeroAbandonament) Fundació Bofill (Barcelona, Spain)
2019	Santos, S.A. (Março 2019). Mesa redonda: Cidadania e Desenvolvimento. Autonomia e transversalidade,	OBVIE FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2019	Santos, S.A. (Março 2019). Mesa redonda: Educación, género y sexualidad en el sur de Europa.	II Jornadas educativas sobre igualdad y diversidad sexual y de genero. (. Granada, Spain)
2019	Santos, S.A. (Março 2019). “Educação para a Cidadania: Da Estratégia à Ação.”	FENPROF, Sindicato dos Professores do Norte (Vizela, Portugal)
2019	Santos, S.A. (Fev 2019). ENEC	Educação para a Cidadania Direção Regional dos Açores (Ponta Delgada e Angra do Heroísmo. , Portugal)
2018	¿ Santos, S.A., Macedo, E., & Araújo, H. C. (2018, Janeiro). Early school leaving on the views of ESLers: a longitudinal study.	(Porto, Portugal)
2018	Santos A. S., Nada, I. C., Doroftei, A., & Araújo, C. H. (2018, Janeiro). Policy Briefs: transfer of knowledge from research results. Comunicação.	Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education
2018	Santos A. S., Nada, I. C., Macedo, E., & Doroftei, A. (2018, Janeiro). Preventive and interventive measures with youngsters at risk of ESL.	(Porto, Portugal)
2018	Nada, I. C., Santos A. S., Araújo, C. H., & Macedo, E. (2018, Janeiro). How can mainstream and alternative education learn from each other?	(Antuérpia, Belgium)
2018	Santos, S.A. (Nov 2018).ENEC	Auditório da Casa da Portela (Amarante, Portugal)
2018	Santos, S.A. (Abril 2018). Igualdade de género no trabalho e nas tomadas de decisão.	Sindicato dos Professores do Norte ( Porto, Portugal)
2018	Santos, S.A. (Abril 2018). Qual o lugar da escola na educação das sexualidades? Espaço para novas cidadanias.	Universidade Aberta (São João da Madeira, Portugal)
2017	Araújo, H. C., Macedo, E., & Santos, S. A. (2017, Agosto). Out or Away From Education And Training: Portuguese Young Adults Have A Say.	ECER (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2016	Araújo, H.C. Macedo, E., Santos, S. A. & Doroftei, A. O. (2016, Agosto). Young Portuguese Talk about their Extra-muros Experiences: “Quando os Professores Deixam de Puxar a Corda".	ECER ( Dublin, Ireland)
2016	Santos, S.A., Araújo, H. C., & Macedo, E. (2016, Maio). Young adults who left schools speak about their educational pathways: In between failure and hope.	(Barcelona, Spain)
2016	Santos, S.A., Macedo, E., & Araújo, H. C. (2016). O Projeto RESL.Eu e os seus Achados práticas de educação mais inclusivas.	Seminário: Learning in a New Key (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Santos, S.A. (Dez 2016). Quando o controlo trai os afetos: Experiências de violência.	I Seminário Internacional Gender, Sexualities and Violence: Research experiences and Intervention, Cultural Encounters in Interventions Against Violence (CEINAV) (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Santos, S.A. (Maio 2016). "The ethical challenges of writing” “[Os Desafios Éticos na Escrita]".	Reitoria da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015	Santos, S.A. (Abril 2015). Papel das parcerias na Educação Sexual em meio escolar.	FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2015	Santos, S.A. (Abril 2015). Educação para a Cidadania.	FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2015	Santos, S. A. (2015). Apresentação do livro: Fernandez, M. L., Fernandez, M.V. & Castro, Y.R. (2013). Sexualidad y salud. El estudio de la sexualidad humana desde una perspectiva de género. Servizo de Publicación da Universidade de Vigo, Espana.	Apresentação do livro FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2014	Santos, S. (2014). Sex education practitioners’ views on young people, sexuality and schools possibilities.	European Conference on Educational Research – EERA “The Past, the Present and Future Educational Research (Porto, Portugal)
2013	Workshop: Violência e Assédio: uma questão de género?, Centro de InvestigSeminário pela Igualdade: Projecto LocalDiguais em Ciências Sociais.	Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2012	Santos, S. (2012). Youth sexualisation and sexual diversity in Portuguese schools: sexual cultures of students.	cAIR - II Conference Applied Interculturality Research (Porto, Portugal)
2012	Santos, S. (2012). Research sex education inside Portuguese and English schools.	Research Methods, Young People and Sexuality Brunel University, BERA (London, United Kingdom)
2012	Santos, S. A. & Fonseca, L. (2012). Educação Sexual e Saúde Sexual: Perspectivas jovens.	Ciclo de conferências internacionais da APEM – Género e Saúde. Novas Invisibilidades FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2012	Santos, S.A. (Jun 2012). Segunda Oportunidade	Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Porto. (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2011	Santos, S. A., Araújo, H. C. & Fonseca, L. (2011). How are sexualities taught and managed in Portuguese Schools? Young People discourses on Sexualities and Gender.	( Berlim, Germany)
2011	Santos, S. A., Fonseca, L. & Araújo, H. C., (2011). Young people discourse about sexualities.	(Geneve, Switzerland)
2011	Santos, S. A. (2011). Gender and Sexual Inequalities at school: What young people have to say?	FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2010	Santos, S. A. & Fonseca, L. (2010). Políticas de Educação Sexual e Experiências Juvenis em Debate.	CIDTFF/Universidade de Aveiro. (Aveiro, Portugal)
2010	Santos, S. A., Fonseca, L. & Araújo, H. C. (2010). Narrativas de Adolescentes Grávidas e Mães em Contextos de Proteção Social.	IV Colóquio Internacional Outros Sentidos para Novas Cidadanias: Sexualidades e Juventudes em tempos de mudança, FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2010	Santos, S. A., Fonseca, L. & Araújo, H. C. (2010). The Politics of Sex Education in Portugal and England.	European Educational Research Association: Education and Cultural Change. (Helsinquia, Finland)
2009	Santos, S.A: ; Silva, J. & Fonseca, L. (2009). Como os contextos educativos trabalham nas e com as sexualidades juvenis? .	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Educação (Bragança, Portugal)
2008	Santos, S. A. (2008). O “jogo” entre a Animação e a Inclusão: Trabalhando com Jovens de Etnia Cigana.	International Sociological Association (ISA) e Universidade Federal da Paraíba, (Joao Pessoa)
2007	Santos, S. & Araújo, H. C. (2007). Como as Relações de Género Habitam o Abandono Escolar.	3rd International Conference “Other Meanings for New Forms of Citizenship” FPCEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2007	Santos, J., Santos, S., De Ângelo, A. & Araújo, H. (2007). O abandono escolar desafia a escola: “a gente quer ser cidadão! "	(Lisbon, Portugal)
2007	Santos, S.A., Silva, J., De Ângelo, A. & Araújo, H. C. (2007). O Abandono Escolar sob os olhares Autárquicos.	(Madeira, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Educação e estereótipo de género: reflexão e construção coletiva de possíveis caminhos para a igualdade de género em contextos educacionais. Supervisor	Universidade Lusíada Porto Instituto de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 - Current	Práticas de Educação para a Cidadania: perspectivas de crianças e jovens Supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 - Current	As ONGD na Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento e seus contributos para a Igualdade de Género Supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - Current	Educação Sexual de mulheres, ontem e hoje, em Portugal. Supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - Current	A pedagogia cultural de género: entre infâncias genderizadas nas midias sociais e nas práticas culturais de crianças Co-supervisor	Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto (PhD)
2019 - Current	De (des)iguais para iguais: trajectórias de jovens negros/as no Porto Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Ser ou não ser empoderada - eis a questão. Um olhar através das narrativas de mulheres negras brasileiras em Portugal Co-supervisor
2017 - 2018	A intervenção da CPCJ em articulação com as escolas: promoção e proteção das problemáticas de absentismo e abandono escolar Supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Articular para prevenir e intervir: A articulação entre a CPCJ de Penafiel e a instituição escolar na prevenção e combate ao absentismo e abandono escolar Supervisor	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	Santos, S.A. (2015). Apresentação do livro: Brabo, T. (Coord.) (2015). Mulheres, Género & Violência. Editora: UNESP. (2015) Other (Co-organisor)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023 - Current	Congreso Internacional - Jóvenes, Trayectorias Educativas y Relaciones Afectivosexuales: una mirada internacional¿	Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, University of Granada
2018 - Current	2018 – Membro do Comité Científico e Moderadora, Conferência Final “Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe”, Antuérpia, Bélgica.	Universiteit Antwerpen
2018 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização, VI Conferência: Outros sentidos para Novas Cidadanias: Abandono Escolar Precoce	Porto, CIIE/FPCEUP.
2016 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e Moderadora, OBVIE: III Seminário Internacional do Observatório da Vida das Escolas,	FPCEUP
2016 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e Moderadora, I Seminário Internacional “Juventudes, Educação e Cidadania: Retratos Contemporâneos”	FPCEUP
2016 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização, Seminário Nacional: Aprender num novo tom: Respostas ao abandono precoce da educação e formação?”	Porto: CIIE/FPCEUP.
2010 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização, IV Congresso Internacional “Outros Sentidos para Novas Cidadania: Sexualidades e Juventude	Porto, CIIE/FPCEUP.
2009 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização, Congresso Internacional “Sexualidades, Juventude e Gravidez Adolescente a Noroeste de Portugal.”	Porto, CIIE/FPCEUP
2008 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização, Conferência Internacional - Sociologia da Educação, Culturas Juvenis e Biografias Escolares com Paul Willis,	CIIE/FPCEUP
2007 - Current	Membro do Comité de Organização, Seminário “Problemática educativa em Portugal e Brasil	Porto, CIIE/FPCEUP
2007 - Current		FPCEUP
2006 - Current	Membro do Comité Científico e do Comité de Organização do 2º Fórum de Jovens Investigadores,	Porto, FPCEUP

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	National representative of the Ministry of Education in EPAN - Experts Policy Advisers Network	Conselho da Europa, France
2018/04/01 - Current	Consultant for Directorate-General for Education in the development of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in Curricular Autonomy and Flexibility	Direção Geral de Educação, Portugal
2018/01/01 - Current	Co-author and coordinator with Maria do Mar Pereira, University of Warwick, UK, of a multimedia campaign and the creation of an illustrated book on sexuality and gender equality for young people as a means of knowledge and science transfer.	University of Warwick, United Kingdom
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/01	Scientific Consultant of Regional Directorate for Education and Educational Administration - Azores Direção Regional da Educação e Administração Educativa dos Açores	Açores Direção Regional da Educação, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/12	Consultant of OBVIE, FPCEUP	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017/06 - 2018/06	Consultant for Porto Editora in designing and conducting the online course entitled "Citizenship Education" available on Academia.pt for Academia Virtual.	Porto Editora, Portugal
2017/06 - 2018/06	Consultant for Porto Editora, providing a set of digital content, activities, and resources to support teachers in Citizenship Education, specifically in the domains of gender equality and sex education for Escola Digital.
2016 - 2017	Scientific Consultant and member of the Working Group on the Strategy for Citizenship Education	Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/02 - Current	Subject: Citizenship, Education and Diversity; Master in Sciences of Education	Cidadania, Educação e Diversidade (Mestrado)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2022 - Current	Sex education in school and community contexts; Programme Doctoral in Human Sexuality	Sex education in school and community contexts; Doctoral in Human Sexuality (Doutoramento)	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - Current	Departamento de Sociologia, Universidade de Warwick, UK.	Sociology (Licenciatura)	Sociology Department, University of Warwick, UK. , United Kingdom
2013 - Current	Tertúlia Crioula Portuense		Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal
2013 - Current	Curso de Humanidades e Ciências Sociais	Curso de Humanidades e Ciências Sociais	University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2013 - Current	Curso IberoAmericano	(Diploma de especialização)	Observatório da Saúde e Cidadania, Portugal
2013 - Current	Seminário “Conducting research on sex education within portuguese and british schools: challenges and dilemmas”	(Doutoramento)	University of Leeds, Faculty of Sociology and Social Policy, United Kingdom
2008 - Current	Erasmus programme: “Tracking New European Ways in Social Policy, Legal and Social Services” (WASPOLSS)	(Outros)	Mykolos Romeris Univerisy, Lithuania
2022/09 - 2023/02	Subject: Sociology of Education	Sociology of Education (Licenciatura)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/12	Subject; Education, Gender and Sexuality	Education, Gender and Sexuality (Licenciatura)	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/02	Auxiliar Professor: Subject: Sociology of Education	Sociology of Education (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2016 - 2019	Mestrado em Educação para a Saúde	Master in Health Education	University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , Portugal University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07	Subject: Citizenship, Education and Diversity, Master in Sciences of Education	Citizenship, Education and Diversity (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Excellence in International Impact Universidade de Warwick, United Kingdom
2007	“Prémio “Engenheiro António de Almeida”