Cláudia Figueiredo has a PhD in Education (specialization in assessment) from the University of Aveiro and a master's degree in educational sciences from the University of Coimbra. She is a researcher in the domains of Science and Engineering Education and Competency Assessment. She is involved in several research projects, for example, in coordinating the Engineer Curriculum for Society (EC4S), funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation; in the research team of the European project THEI2.0: Towards HEInnovate2.0: From assessment to action; and in two EIT-funded projects, TANDEM+ Transformation, Acceleration, Networking, Development, Entrepreneurial education and Mentoring+ (EIT Initiative) and Euforia: Education Framework for Urban Resilience Innovation Activities. She has been developing work in the domain of assessment, namely the construction, development and statistical validation procedures of instruments in the areas of education and psychology. Her scientific work has a particular focus on topics such as research methods, survey methodology, scaling procedures, psychometric methods and statistical data analysis. She is a member of the Center for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES).