Institute of Education of the University of Minho

The Centre for Research in Education (CIEd) is a multidisciplinary research unit of UMinho’s Institute of Education, whose mission is to produce knowledge about education as a means of participating in the transformation of people’s lives and communities.

Since 1976, the Centre’s research has focused on children, young people, adults and the elderly, in a variety of social environments and types of communities, always taking into account the diversity of cultural and social constraints and resources that have an impact on learning, and aspiring for all citizens to be equally prepared to participate actively and critically in society.