Ana Patrícia Almeida completed her PhD in Education in Educational Administration and Policy in 2015 at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon. She received her master’s degree in educational administration in 2005 from the FPCE – University of Lisbon and her bachelor’s degree in educational sciences – Educational Administration in 1999 from the FPCE – University of Lisbon. At ISEC Lisboa she held the position of Director of the School of Education and Human Development.
She is, currently, an Assistant Professor at Universidade Aberta (Open University – Portugal). Since 2001, has participated in national and international networks in the field of educational administration and educational policies. Between 2013 and 2015 was president of the European Forum for Educational Administration and is currently vice-president of the Portuguese Forum for Educational Administration. Has received two awards, one of them for Best Doctoral Thesis in the area, in 2015.
She has published and done research in the following domains: Public Policies on Education, Public Policy Analysis, Educational Administration & Management and Teacher Training. She is currently principal investigator, at the Open University, of the UNESCO Chair “City that Educates and Transforms”. In the UNESCO Chair “City that Educates and Transforms”, she represents the Open University in the Steering Committee and is part of the International Committee of this same Chair.