Rosário Gambôa (born 1956) is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2019, representing

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. Prior to that, she was president of the

Polytechnic Institute of Porto The Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Polytechnic University of Porto), also referred to as Politécnico do Porto (Porto Polytechnic) and P.PORTO (since 2016, for naming and branding purposes), is a composition of multiple polytechnic schools base ...

(IPP), a tertiary-level institute with 15,000 students.

Early life and education

Maria do Rosário Gambôa Lopes de Carvalho was born on 3 May 1956 in Penafiel in the Porto District of

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. She obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of Porto in 1980, a master's in the philosophy of education from the

University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Portugal, divided into the following campuses: * Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga * Campus of Gualtar, in Braga * Convento dos Congregados, in Braga * Campus of Az ...

in 1993 and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Minho in 2001.

Academic career

In 2001, Gambôa was appointed as president of the Porto School of Education of IPP. In 2006, she became a vice-president of IPP and in 2010 the institute's president, a position she held until 2018. IPP is Portugal's largest polytechnic. She has also held several advisory positions, including as a director of the Coliseu do Porto, a leading theatrical and concert venue in

Political career

Gambôa was elected as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic in the

2019 Portuguese legislative election The 2019 Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were contested. In a campaign dominated by the Tancos airbase robbery (in which former Defense Minister Azeredo Lopes (2015–20 ...

on the Socialist Party's list for

. She was re-elected in the January 2022 election, being placed second on the PS list of candidates for Porto after

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. The Socialist Party won 19 seats in the constituency and an overall majority in the Assembly. From 2019 to 2021 she served on the European Affairs committee and the Culture and Communication committee of the Assembly.

Publications

Gambôa's academic publications (as sole author) include: *2019. ''Territórios da Democracia'' (Territories of democracy). Lisbon: Caleidoscópio. *2018. ''O Ensino Superior no patamar da era digital'' (Higher education in the digital age). In: Galegos, Santiago de Compostela, I, No. 24, 2018. *2017. ''A Diversidade como Eixo do Desenvolvimento do Ensino Superior''. (Diversity as an Axis of Higher Education Development). Jornal de Letras. Lisboa. 1. *2014. ''A Formação Profissional'' (Professional training). In: O Papel do Estado no Desenvolvimento.- IV Jornadas AEP Serralves. Porto: Fundação AEP, 2014. *2009. ''Pedagogia de projecto: A perspectiva da Associação Criança'' (Project Pedagogy: The perspective of Associação Criança). Colecção Infância No. 14. Porto: Porto Editora. *2004. ''Educação, Ética e Democracia: a reconstrução da modernidade em John Dewey'' (Education, Ethics and Democracy: the reconstruction of modernity in John Dewey). Porto: Edições ASA.

References

External links

Interview with Gambôa (in Portuguese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gambôa, Rosário 1956 births Living people Members of the 14th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 15th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) People from Penafiel Portuguese academics Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians University of Minho alumni University of Porto alumni