CIEQV’s 3rd International Congress will be held at School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal on  27 and 28 February 2025, with national and international researchers debating, over two days, the theme “Innovation and Sustainability for a Quality Future”.

The event aims to inspire new research and innovation by exposing participants to cutting-edge technologies, recent advances and ongoing challenges in the CIEQV research areas (Quality Education, Social Sustainability and Entrepreneurship, Sustainable agri-food systems, Physical Activity and Sports, Social Determinants and Health Indicators for Quality of Life).

The congress programme includes 6 conferences and 6 workshops.

  • Conference 1| José Rodrigues– Life quality
  • Conference 2 | Francisco Tomás Gonzalez-Fernández– Monitoring and Managing Training Load: Key to Boosting Emotional and Social Wellbeing in Youth Soccer Players
  • Conference 3 | José Amendoeira– Social determinants and health indicators for quality of life
  • Conference 4| Pedro Ferreira– The challenges of integrating emerging technologies in educational contexts: implications for research and teacher training
  • Conference 5 | Maria José Sousa– Valuing human resources in the digital age
  • Conference 6 | Cristina Isabel de Victoria Pereira Amaro da Costa– Agroecological perspectives from the past to the present: agricultural systems and biocultural knowledge as creators of food landscapes 
  • Workshop 1 | Quantitative data analysisNon-parametric tests (Vanda Andrade)
  • Workshop 2 | Sensory analysis of food – Training for tasters (Maria Gabriela de Oliveira Lima Basto de Lima and Ana Teresa da Cunha Machado Ribeiro)
  • Workshop 3 | Projects and Internationalization (Maria Potes Barbas)
  • Workshop 4 |Research Data: Management, Challenges and Best Practice (Dina Rocha)
  • Workshop 5 | Ethics and Research (Lucília Nunes)
  • Workshop 6 | Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – Driving Sustainable Quality of Life (Teresa Magalhães)


The event’s organising committee invites all CIEQV members to submit papers in the form of oral communications and posters.

More information is available at the website: https://www.cieqv.pt/3rd-international-congress/