Jose Manuel Cid Fernandez

Jose Manuel Cid Fernandez is a Professor at the Department of Psychosocio-educational Analysis and Intervention within the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Vigo. His work focuses on Social Pedagogy, the History of Education, and Queer Pedagogies, with a strong emphasis on socio-educational action in rural environments and pedagogical renewal.

• Doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1986)
• Teaching at the University of Vigo since 1990
• President of the Academy of Social Sciences of Couto Mixto (since 2022)

His research spans educational ideologies and institutions during the Spanish Second Republic (1931-36), Freinet pedagogy, and rural social education. He is deeply involved in socio-educational action and queer pedagogical frameworks.

He has collaborated in collective publications and journals like History of Education, Social Pedagogy, and Temps d'Educación, contributing to historical and theoretical analyses of education systems.

• Honorary Judge of the Mixed Court (2000)
• Lois Peña Novo Award (2016)

Cid has held administrative roles including Vice-Dean of Humanities (1990-1994), Dean (1994-1998), and Vice-Rector of University Extension (1998-2000). He actively participates in pedagogical renewal projects like Nova Escola Galega and the Vicente Risco Foundation.