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Kátia Valéria Pereira Gonzaga

Universidade Lusófona
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Fundadora da Startup Social Sowers of the future (SOFT), voltada para criação de comunidades regenerativas, Pedagoga, Mestre e Doutora em Educação: Currículo, Pós-doutora em Educação:TIC, Formadora, Professora Associada do Mestrado e Doutorado em Ciências da Educação e Ciências da Saúde (Neurociência) da Logos Universty (EUA e FRA), Professora  Auxiliar do Mestrado em Ciênciasda Educação: Educação Especial e Inclusiva da Universidade Lusófona (PT),  Consultora ad doc internacional de Instituições Públicas, Privadas, e Organismos Internacionais (OEI, PNUD, UNESCO,) para desenvolvimento e gestão de projetos nacionais e internacionais em países da Lusofonia (Brasil, África e Portugal) envolvendo educação, formação de professores, saúde, tecnologias educacionais e assistivas, sustentabilidade/ ODS/Economia circular, inclusão/equidade, interculturalidade, género, grupos principais, gestão pública, entre outros temas. É membro da Rede de Mulheres Guardiãs da Natureza, da Business Nature (PT) e Designer de Ecoempresas, certificada pela ECQA (Formação Ecoprise 2025 - UE). Investigadora colaboradora FCT (InED- ESE-IPP- PT) e investigadora CNPQ (Grupos de Pesquisas da Faculdade de Psicologia da PUC-MG - BR e da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de Brasília -DF-BR).

Founder of the social startup Sowers of the Future (SOFT), dedicated to the creation of regenerative communities, she holds a degree in Pedagogy, a Master's degree and a PhD in Education (Curriculum), as well as a postdoctoral qualification in Education and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). She is a trainer and Associate Professor in the Master's and Doctoral programmes in Educational Sciences and Health Sciences (Neuroscience) at Logos University (USA and France), and an Assistant Professor in the Master's Degree in Educational Sciences: Special and Inclusive Education at Lusófona University (Portugal). She works as an international ad hoc consultant for public and private institutions, as well as international organisations, including the OEI, UNDP, and UNESCO, supporting the development and management of national and international projects across Portuguese-speaking countries (Brazil, Africa, and Portugal). Her work encompasses areas such as education, teacher education, health, educational and assistive technologies, sustainability, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), circular economy, inclusion and equity, interculturality, gender, major groups, and public administration. She is a member of the Network of Women Guardians of Nature, Business Nature (Portugal), and a certified Eco-Business Designer through ECQA (Ecoprise Training 2025 – European Union). She is a collaborating researcher at inED – Centre for Research and Innovation in Education (Faculty of Education, Polytechnic University of Porto, Portugal) and a researcher funded by CNPq, participating in research groups at the Faculty of Psychology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and the Faculty of Education of the University of Brasília (Brazil).