Ana Benavente (1945)

Qualifications
Degree in Education Sciences from the University of Geneva, Switzerland 1970
PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of Geneva, Switzerland 1985

Current positions and positions held
Main Researcher at ICS-UL (since 1993)
State Secretary for Education of the 12th and 13th Constitutional Governments (1995-2001)
Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic (2001-2005)
Lecturer in the Education Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (1978-1993)
Researcher at the Centre for Education Research of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1975-1978)
Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (1970-1975)
Member of the ERI Committee (OECD), Paris (1996-2002)
Vice-President of the International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland, (2001-2006)
Consultant at UNESCO
Consultant at the Agency for Education Development in Africa

Main Publications
Escola, Professoras e Processos de mudança Lisbon, Livros Horizonte (1986/1997, 2ª edition),
Do Outro Lado da Escola (co-author), Lisbon, Ed. Teorema, (1992/2000, 2ª edition)
Translated to French by Peter Lang, Berne, Switzerland, 1993
A Literacia em Portugal. Resultados de uma pesquisa extensiva e monográfica (coord.), Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1996

Decorations
Insignia of Elizabeth the Catholic, by his Majesty the King of Spain, 2000
Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique, by his Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic (2005).