Coordinator Professor in Higher School of Education in Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal, and also Scientific Coordinator of the research centre CI&DEI - Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation (Viseu, Portugal). She is graduated in Geography (1984), and Master (1991), Doctor (2001) and Aggregated (2010) in Educational Sciences, in the specialization of Psychology of Education, all by University of Coimbra, Portugal. The researcher’s main interest concerns change and educational innovation. She is author/co-author of 6 books, 13 book chapters, about fifty scientific publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and more than fifty papers in conferences proceedings. Also mention the participation as lecturer, oral communications, and posters at national and international scientific events.