Joana Lopes

BSc, MSc
Senior Research Officer
j.lopes@nfer.ac.uk
+44(0)1753 637204

Joana is a Senior Research Officer in the Research, Evaluation and Information Department (REID). Her main area of work is citizenship education, including: CELS (Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study, sponsored by DCSF), and the IEA’s ICCS (International Civic and Citizenship Education Study). She has also collaborated on a number of school improvement projects and is a staff development coordinator for her NFER department.

Prior experience and professional background

Joana’s background is in Psychology: BSc Psychology with French and MSc Occupational Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London; Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing, British Psychological Society.

Working languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese.

Prior to joining NFER, Joana taught and supervised student research projects at Universidade Lusófona, Portugal (Department of Psychology). She also has experience of working in human resources (UK) and careers services (Belgium).

Main research interests

Citizenship education, research methods and statistics, international research

Other research interests

School improvement; educational leadership

Selected publications

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. [Available online].

Kerr, D., Lopes, J., Nelson, J., White, K., Cleaver, E. and Benton, T. (2007). VISION versus PRAGMATISM: Citizenship in the Secondary School Curriculum in England. Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: Fifth Annual Report (DfES Research Report 845). London: DfES [Available online].

Ireland, E., Kerr, D., Lopes, J. and Nelson, J. with Cleaver, E. (2006). Active Citizenship and Young People: Opportunities, Experiences and Challenges In and Beyond School. Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: Fourth Annual Report (DfES Research Report 732). London: DfES.

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). 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.