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PhD student in Public Policy at ISCTE-IUL, has a master’s degree in health education at the University of Porto, and more than 10 years of experience as project manager in European projects dedicated to education and social innovation. As a result of fruitful collaborations with European higher education entities over the years, further developed and applied scientific practices in school-based interventions and participated in conferences and in the elaboration of publications. In the last two years, had the opportunity to research in the area of inclusive education with the team at the Centre for Research and Innovation in Education (InED) within the Polytechnic of Porto; this experience increased the interested in pursuing an academic career in public policies and specifically concerning the role or European Union as a global partner defending Human Rights.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Neto

Citation names

  • Neto, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5A16-57E7-31EF
ORCID iD
0009-0008-7986-1888

Email addresses

  • cneto@ese.ipp.pt (Professional)
  • cfgno@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09 - 2029
Ongoing
 Políticas Públicas (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/05
Concluded
 Humanidades Digitais (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2022/12/12
Concluded
 Educação para a Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Feasibility of a training program for secondary education teachers targeting neuroscience-based teaching methods: preliminary results." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/03/17
Concluded
 Tomorrows' land (Outros)
Regenerus, United Kingdom
2016/08/19
Concluded
 The art & craft of facilitating learning spaces (Outros)
Kaospilot, Denmark
2015/05/02
Concluded
 LIVE - Leadership, Innovation, Vision, Execution (Outros)
The future firm, Netherlands
2013/06/24
Concluded
 Your entrepreneurial spirit (Outros)
Uluslararasi Bogazici Genclik Toplulugu, Turkey
2010/05/05
Concluded
 Certificado de Aptidão Profissional - Formadora (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2009/10/09
Concluded
 Recursos Humanos (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/04/01 - 2020/12/20 Cofounder & managing partner Projeto Scholé Lda., Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/03/01 - 2023/08/31 Consultant in international R&D projects Trabalhadora independente, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2020/01/17 International R&D project manager Boon Factory, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2015/02/28 Pedagogical Training Coordinator & International R&D Project Manager Advancis Business Services, Portugal
2009/11/01 - 2012/02/28 Head of the Human Resources Department at the company in Spain (TBE, S.L.) Tabique SGPS, Portugal
TBE SL, Spain
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/04/16 - Current The 25th of April and Portuguese democracy: visibility and repercussions on the right to education and citizenship for the minority group of people with disabilities
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Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - Current Mapping CoP for inclusion: an approach to interprofessional collaboration and students’ agency
KA220-SCH-3DFAD7DF
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2020/12/01 - 2023/07/31 ILLUMINE -A community for exploring and sharing uses of evidence-based teaching strategies
2020-1-ES01- KA201-082504-ILLUMINE
Componente de investigação
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
 Erasmus Plus
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Ana Barroca; Gonçalo Meireles; Neto, Catarina. A empregabilidade dos doutorados nas empresas portuguesas. 2015.
  2. Ana Barroca; Gonçalo Meireles; Neto, Catarina. Estudo sobre boas práticas para o aumento da força de trabalho disponível em Portugal através da manutenção e reinserção de seniores no mercado de trabalho. 2014.
    Published
  3. Ana Barroca; Neto, Catarina; Cristina Godio; Emilia Szczygielska; Kamila Lasocinska; Maria Toia; Paola Chesi; et al. Storytelling: Learning Handbook. 2014.
Conference abstract
  1. Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Neto, Catarina; Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Sílvia Alves. "50 years of democracy: how Portugal stands for in the inclusion of children with disabilities in education?". Paper presented in London International Conference on Inclusive Education, 2025.
    Accepted • 000
  2. Neto, Catarina; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela. "Why are people with disabilities (so) invisible in media? A European Union path towards media pluralism". Paper presented in London International Conference on Inclusive Education, 2025.
    Accepted • 0000
  3. Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Neto, Catarina; Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Sílvia Alves. "O 25 de Abril e a democracia portuguesa: visibilidade das crianças e jovens com deficiência na legislação portuguesa em educação". Paper presented in InterNetWorking Conference - Intercultural Week 2025, 2025.
    Published
  4. Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Neto, Catarina. "A visibilidade das pessoas com deficiência na comunicação social: uma análise longitudinal das iniciativas promovidas pela União Europeia". Paper presented in InterNetWorking Conference - Intercultural Week 2025, 2025.
    Accepted
  5. Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Vale, Maria do Carmo; Neto, Catarina; Alves, Sílvia. "Breaking the news: Navigating communication between physicians and parents when a child is diagnosed with a disability". Paper presented in 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education, 2024.
  6. Neto, Catarina; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela. "The visibility and communication approach with respect to people with disabilities in media". Paper presented in 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education, 2024.
  7. Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Neto, Catarina; Durães, Helena; Alves, Sílvia; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Breyer, Caroline. "Inclusion through Interprofessional Collaboration and Students’Agency: a needs’ analysis". Paper presented in 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education, 2024.
  8. Ana Barroca; Catarina Neto. "Le@d 3.0". Paper presented in VI Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2016.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I6.489
  9. Diana Vieira; Catarina Neto; Eliana Cruz; João Pereira; Luísa Moita; Marisa Novo; Sara Velez. "Características psicométricas do questionário de avaliação da satisfação no trabalho". Paper presented in I Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I1.1931
  10. Catarina Neto; Gonçalo Meireles; Ana Barroca. "A empregabilidade e perspetivas de carreira dos doutorados nas organizações portuguesas". Paper presented in V Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I5.2199
  11. Milton Sousa; Ana Barroca; Fleur Flohil; Catarina Neto. "HRM as a high performance work system for university spin-offs". Paper presented in IV Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I4.2092
  12. Joana Bastos; Catarina Neto; Ana Barroca. "Participação dos séniores no mercado de trabalho: políticas e práticas em análise". Paper presented in V Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I5.2200
  13. Ana Barroca; Gonçalo Meireles; Catarina Neto. "Envelhecimento ativo e promoção da empregabilidade entre os cidadãos seniores". Paper presented in IV Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I4.2063
  14. Catarina Neto; Gonçalo Meireles; María Del Carmen Osuna López. "Promoção de competências de inovação para melhorar a empregabilidade dos doutorados nas PME". Paper presented in V Conferência em Investigação e Intervenção em RH, 2014.
    10.26537/IIRH.V0I5.2212
Conference paper
  1. Neto, Catarina; Beardsley, Marc; Silveira, Ana; Saar, Merike; Simic, Nataša. "Factors influencing a Science of Learning training programme for school teachers in Europe". Paper presented in III Congresso Internacional de Ensino - CONIEN, 2024.
    Published
  2. Tharrenos Bratitsis; Gonçalo Meireles; Neto, Catarina. "WeAreEurope: An online game for european citizenship education for primary school". Paper presented in 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 2017.
  3. Tharrenos Bratitsis; Ioanna Tsolopani; Michalis Ioannou; Olga Nedelkou; Gonçalo Meireles; Neto, Catarina; Marianna Bartzakli. "Primary school students as EU citizens: designing a theoretical framework and an online educational game". Paper presented in 10th Pan-Hellenic and International Conference “ICT in Education", 2016.
Conference poster
  1. Ana Barroca; Catarina Neto; Ana Silveira. "Learningshift – supporting the future of learning". 2019.
    10.26537/IIRH.VI9.2802
  2. Ana Barroca; Catarina Neto; Ana Silveira. "The practice of feedback in learning through artful initiatives". 2019.
    10.26537/IIRH.VI9.2799
  3. Ana Barroca; Catarina Neto. "Strategic e-leadership skills – the Le@d3.0 Academy case". 2018.
    10.26537/IIRH.VI7.2713
Journal article
  1. Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Neto, Catarina; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Sílvia Alves; Caroline Breyer; Priska Schukoff; Sabrina Unterreiner; et al. "Interprofessional Collaboration and Students’ Agency to Build Inclusive Environments in Schools: A Qualitative Study Across Four European Countries". European Journal of Special Needs Education (2026):
    Under revision • 0000
  2. Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Alkinj, Issa; Neto, Catarina; Ana Paula Magalhães; Sílvia Alves. "Peer-tutoring intervention delivered by a student with intellectual disability in teaching personal hygiene skills to a student with multiple disabilities". International Journal of Disability, Development and Education (2025):
    Under revision • 0000
  3. Susana Barbosa; Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Neto, Catarina. "A inclusão na vida escolar dos seus filhos: estarão os pais surdos esquecidos?". Revista Brasileira de Educação (2025):
    Accepted • 0000
  4. Neto, Catarina; Marc Beardsley; Ana Silveira; Merike Saar; Nataša Simic. Corresponding author: Neto, Catarina. "Factors influencing a Science of Learning training program for school teachers in Europe". Revista de Produtos Educacionais e Pesquisas em Ensino 8 2 (2024): 2629-2640. https://seer.uenp.edu.br/index.php/reppe/article/view/1556.
    Open access • Published
  5. Ana Barroca; Catarina Neto; Ana Silveira. "Servant leadership through arts – a state of the art". Review of Business and Legal Sciences / Revista de Ciências Empresariais e Jurídicas (2017): No. 29 (2017): Revis-No. 29 (2017): Revis. https://parc.ipp.pt/index.php/rebules/article/view/2593.
    Open access • Published • 10.26537/REBULES.VI29.2593
Magazine article
  1. Ana Silveira; Neto, Catarina. "A escola enquanto palco de prevenção primária", Miscellanea APAV, 2021, https://apav.pt/apav_v3/images/pdf/Miscellanea_APAV_15.pdf.
Manual
  1. Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Neto, Catarina; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Sílvia Alves; Helena Durães; Caroline Breyer; Elisa Vandenbussche; Hannah Boonen; Zlatica Zacharová. Corresponding author: Mónica, Silveira-Maia. Mapping CoP for inclusion: a Knowledge Base. 2025.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.26537/e.ipp.136
  2. Mónica, Silveira-Maia; Neto, Catarina; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Sílvia Alves; Helena Durães; Caroline Breyer; Elisa Vandenbussche; Hannah Boonen; Zlatica Zacharová. Corresponding author: Mónica, Silveira-Maia. Index on Communities of Practice for Inclusion (iCoPi) - a Reflection Tool for School Teams. 2025.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.26537/e.ipp.137
  3. M. Silveira-Maia; M. Sanches-Ferreira; S. Alves; T. Aguiar; E. Bjorck; S. Signhild; G. Maxwell; et al. Framework for an inclusive-oriented pedagogical assessment. Instituto Politécnico do Porto. 2023.
    10.26537/RECIPP-23839
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/11/09 - Current Associação Kokoro Membro da direção