Maria Celeste Sousa Lopes

PhD in Didactics and School Organization, master’s degree in Education Administration and Planning and Higher Studies Specialized in Special Education. She has been teaching since 1974. She is currently Coordinating Professor at the European Institute of Higher Studies in Portugal at its Higher School of Education and Vice President of the Portuguese Dyslexia Association (Dislex). Throughout his professional activity, he has participated in several juries to obtain academic degrees, national and international conferences, as well as guiding numerous research works within the scope of Doctorate, Master’s and Postgraduate degrees. He has also published some publications (books, chapters and articles), highlighting the last three in international magazines: THE LABOR MARKET AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; THE EXPECTATIONS OF BOSSES – magazine article published in 2023; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN READING FLUENCE AND SPELLING, Magazine article published in 2021; THE SOFT SKILLS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE LITERATURE, magazine article published in 2021.