Biography

Marta Araújo (PhD, University of London, Institute of Education, Department of Policy Studies, 2003) is a Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES). Her research addresses two complementary lines of enquiry: i) history education and knowledge production, focusing on the school and public history of (anti-)colonialism and enslavement; ii) public policy, political discourse, and ethno-racial discrimination. Marta is Vice-President of the Scientific Board at CES, where she lectures in the PhD Programme 'Democracy in the 21st Century' (FEUC/CES) and coordinates the Seminar ' 'Race' and Racism in Democratic Societies.' She was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN) at the University of Helsinki. At CES, she participates in the Education Policy and Professional Development Observatory (CeiED/CES). She has integrated the Editorial Board of publications in the sociology of 'race' and education in Brazil, Britain, Portugal and the United States, she has published internationally in reputed peer-reviewed journals (e.g. British Journal of Sociology of Education, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Patterns of Prejudice, and 'Race', Ethnicity and Education). She has acted as a scientific advisor on ethno-racial equality and participated in selected expert meetings at national and international levels. She has also been engaged in outreach activities. Her recent publications include: Araújo, Marta (2025), "Crossings and Anchorages: The Circulation of the Painting The King's Fountain and the Negotiation of Post-Colonial Racial Imaginaries in Portugal", Social Identities: Journal of the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture; Araújo, Marta (2024), "Raça, Diversidade e Diferença: Alguns Apontamentos para o Estudo Interdisciplinar da História Pública e Escolar", Oficina do CES; Araújo, Marta; Nimako, Kwame (2022), Mobilizing History: Racism, Enslavement and Public Debate in Contemporary Europe, in Shirley Anne Tate and Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Race and Gender. Palgrave Macmillan.