Jorge Pedreira
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1958. Graduate in History: Master and Ph. D in Sociology, He is Professor of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he has been teaching and researching from 1982 until the present day and where he also acted as President of the Pedagogical Council, member of the managing board, Head of the Department of Sociology and of the Institute of Historical Sociology. He was a visiting scholar at the European University Institute and the John Carter Brown Library and visiting professor at Brown University and the University of São Paulo.
Former Chairman of the Board of the National Union for Higher Education (1996-1998) and Director-General of Higher Education (2001-2002), was Secretary of State of Education (Deputy Minister) in the government of Portugal (2005-2009), where he was responsible for the departments of planning, evaluation, international relations and cooperation.
He was the chief rapporteur in the external institutional evaluation of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo, and acted as expert in the international task force of the OECD advising the Greek government on improving the efficiency of the education system.
From 2011 to 2016, he was Chairman of the Board of UnYLeYA – Educação e Formação a Distância, SA (a new business specialising in e-learning, which was involved in education projects for Angola, Mozambique and Mexico).
In recent years he has concentrated on his academic work, teaching and researching in the areas of History, Sociology and Education.
Former Chairman of the Board of the National Union for Higher Education (1996-1998) and Director-General of Higher Education (2001-2002), was Secretary of State of Education (Deputy Minister) in the government of Portugal (2005-2009), where he was responsible for the departments of planning, evaluation, international relations and cooperation.
He was the chief rapporteur in the external institutional evaluation of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo, and acted as expert in the international task force of the OECD advising the Greek government on improving the efficiency of the education system.
From 2011 to 2016, he was Chairman of the Board of UnYLeYA – Educação e Formação a Distância, SA (a new business specialising in e-learning, which was involved in education projects for Angola, Mozambique and Mexico).
In recent years he has concentrated on his academic work, teaching and researching in the areas of History, Sociology and Education.
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