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Professor catedrático e investigador do CES da Universidade de Coimbra. Tem investigado temas das áreas da educação e das políticas educativas, incluindo a análise dos processos de mobilidade académica e de emigração qualificada. Além de outros trabalhos nos domínios da Educação e dos Estudos Culturais, publicou O governo da educação em Portugal (2005), Olhares sobre o lazer (2007) e O corpo e a política da vida (2009). Publicou também várias dezenas de artigos em revistas nacionais e internacionais dando conta dos resultados dos projetos de investigação em que participou. Foi o investigador responsável da pesquisa que deu origem a este livro.

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A tenured professor at the Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education of the University of Coimbra, Rui Machado Gomes coordinates two master’s programmes, one in the teaching of physical education and the other in leisure and local development, in addition to the doctoral programme in tourism, leisure, and culture, which is offered via both FCDEF and FLUC. Currently directing his research efforts toward the study of the sociology of the body and of leisure, he is responsible for the research area entitled “The body and its new subjectivities”. Rui Machado Gomes recently had three books published on the following topics: Os lugares do lazer [“Places of leisure”], IDP (2005); Olhares sobre o lazer [“Perspectives on leisure”], CEB (2007); and O corpo e a política da vida [“The Body and the Politics of Life”], CEB (2009). He has taken part in JNICT, IIE, PAFID and FCT projects. A speaker at conferences and a guest lecturer at foreign universities, he has written numerous articles in the fields of the sociology of education and educational policy. He has edited several books in these areas of expertise, namely: <em>Culturas de Escola e Identidades dos Professores</em> [“School culture and teachers’ identity”],<em> Educa (1993); A Escola e o Espaço Local. Políticas e Actores</em> [“The school and the local space: Policies and players] IIE (1996); <em>Zeitgeschichte Europäischer Bildung 1970-2000</em> <em>(Nationale Entwicklungsprofile), Waxmann (2000); The educational government in Portugal, Waxmann (2000).</em>