Eva Gonçalves is a sociologist, a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Research Methods at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and an integrated researcher at CIES-Iscte.
She has carried out research in the area of public action in education and to support the development of regional and local educational policies, through consultancy in the development of regional strategic plans and educational charters, and in the area of public policy evaluation (projects). She also participates in monitoring and follow-up work on social and educational projects.
She is a member of Research Network 10 - Sociology of Education European Sociology of Education and Network 14 - Communities, Families, and Schooling in Educational Research of the European Educational Research Association. Since 2023, with Susana Batista (Nova FCSH) and Lia Pappámikail (ESE-Santarém), she has coordinated the Thematic Section “Sociology of Education” of the Portuguese Sociological Association (APS).