Pedro D. Ferreira is an Associate Professor at the University of Porto and a Center for Educational Research and Intervention (CIIE) member. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the same University in 2007. He has been teaching and researching at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences since 2009. Although he has primarily dealt with issues of civic and political participation of young people and adults and their implications for political education and political development, he has more recently broadened his interest and focus, researching the ways in which digital contexts and technologies are relevant to the construction and practices of citizenship of diverse audiences, including children, young people, adults, and older adults. He has participated in several nationally and internationally funded research projects, including PIDOP - Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation (2009-2012, FP7), CATCH-EyoU - Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth (2015-2018, H2020), the Study on Political Participation of Young People in Portugal (2020-2021, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), the Study on Post-Secondary and Higher Education in Cybersecurity in Portugal (2021-2022, National Cybersecurity Center, CNCS), the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Results of the Active Citizens Program (2022, Bissaya Barreto Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), and the Evaluación de Impacto de un dispositivo de Educación Ciudadana Sobre Gestión de la Diversidad en Organizaciones Sociales y Empresas Iberoamericanas (2021-2023, Organização de Estados Ibero-Americanos, OEI) in the last three of which he held coordinating positions. His coordination experience extends to the projects JoSeES - Serious Games in Higher Education: Impacts, Experiences and Potential (2016-2019, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, FCT) and the international project DISK - Digital Immigrants Survival Kit (2019-2022, Erasmus+ program). These completed projects show how the intersections between digital technologies and social and educational issues have been affirmed in his career and how he has furthered his national and international recognition. He is currently coordinating the project SCIREARLY - Policies and Practices Based on Scientific Research for Reducing Underachievement and Early School Leaving in Europe (2022-2025, Horizon Europe), a project focused on early school leaving and school success in basic skills, including digital skills, and wellbeing. He is a member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Porto, a member of the Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences (SPCE), a member of Trama Diveroamericana, a network focused on promoting and researching diversity, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Ibero-Latin American Association of Political Psychology (AILPP).