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Joana Lopes
BSc MSc
Senior Research Officer
j.lopes@nfer.ac.uk
+44(0)1753 637204
Joana is a Research Officer in the Research, Evaluation and Information Department. She has collaborated on school improvement and citizenship education projects.

Completed a BSc Psychology with French and an MSc Occupational Psyschology at Goldsmiths University of London.  Taught and supervised student research projects at Universidade Lusofona, Portugal - Department of Psychology.  Other: Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing (British Psychological Society); experience of working in human resources (UK) and careers services (Belgium).

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Citizenship education, educational leadership, research methods and statistics, international research, school improvement.

Benton, T., Cleaver, E., Featherstone, G., Kerr, D., Lopes, J. and Whitby, K. (2008). Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS): Sixth Annual Report. Young People’s Civic Participation In and Beyond School: Attitudes, Intentions and Influences (DCSF Research Report 052). London: DCSF.

Schagen, I., Lopes, J., Rutt, S., Savory, C. and Styles, B. (2006). Evaluating Patterns of Post-16 Provision [online].

Lopes, J. and Kerr, D. (2005). ‘Moving citizenship education forward: key considerations for schools and colleges’, Topic, 34, 50-6.

Cleaver, E., Ireland, E., Kerr, D. and Lopes, J. (2005). Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: Second Cross-sectional Survey 2004. Listening to Young People: Citizenship in England (DfES Research Report 626). DfES: London.

Spielhofer, T., Lopes, J., Wade, P. and Kimber, J. (2005). Evaluation of the National Roll-Out of the E-Skills4Industry Programme. Final Report [online].

Cunningham, M., Lopes, J. and Rudd, P. (2004). Evaluation of Excellence in Cities/Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EIC/EMAG) Pilot Project (DfES Research Report 583). London: DfES.

Kerr, D., Ireland, E., Lopes, J. and Craig, R. with Cleaver, E. (2004). Making Citizenship Education Real: Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study. Second Annual Report: First Longitudinal Survey (DfES Research Report 531). London: DfES.