MARIA JOSE MENDEZ LOIS

Maria Jose Mendez Lois is a researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she contributes to the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics. Her work is associated with the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE), focusing on interdisciplinary research in education.

• Research Groups: GEFIL (Galician Group of Studies for Training and Employment), IDEA (Research, Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation)

Her doctoral thesis, titled Gender and Social Class Determinants in Academic-Professional Choice in Secondary Education (1999), supervised by Dr. Luis Martín Sobrado Fernández and Dr. Ana María Porto Castro, highlights her interest in sociocultural factors influencing educational decisions.