Ana Rita Coelho is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) and assistant professor at LCT, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon.
Her main research areas are literacy and education, lifestyles and public policies, and  sociology of science and technology. Since 2004, she has taken part in a wide range of research projects within CIES-Iscte, including “Reading, School and Society: Evaluation Studies of the National Reading Plan”, “The Network Society in Portugal: A Decade of Transition”, and “External Evaluation of the Schools2030 Programme”.
She obtained her PhD in Sociology from Iscte in 2019, with the dissertation “Seniors 2.0: Digital Inclusion in the Network Society”. She currently teaches the course Technical and Scientific Writing. She is the author and co-author of a large number of publications and scientific communications.