Leanete Thomas Dotta

Leanete Thomas Dotta is an assistant researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) at Lusófona University. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2010) and a Ph.D. equivalence in Educational Sciences from the University of Porto (2015). Her research focuses on Initial Teacher Education, Teaching Professionalism, Teaching Professional Identities, and Biographical-Narrative Research. She coordinates the Research and Learning Community (ReLeCo ProFID) and is an external expert for Portugal's Ministry of Education.

• Ph.D. in Education (2010), Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
• Ph.D. equivalence in Educational Sciences (2015), University of Porto
• Biographical narrative methodologies
• Teacher identity and professionalism

Her recent publications emphasize teacher professional development, digital technology integration, and narrative approaches to education. She has supervised master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral theses while serving as PI and Co-PI for national projects. Currently, she contributes to COST Action CA21141 (GRADE) on digital Europe studies.