The "Research Data Management Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities" (RDMC-SSH) is an initiative led by Iscte Knowledge and Innovation (Iscte KI). The Centre will focus on establishing an infrastructure for managing research data in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), addressing the specific needs related to data management in these disciplines.

Re.Data aims to establish and operationalise the Portuguese Research Data Management (RDM) support network alongside the RDM capacity hub, enabling a networked community of practice to operate three competence centers on policies, training and data curation support, furthermore aiming to develop a national research data culture aligned with the FAIR data principles to converge with the EOSC.

  In March 2020, considering the warnings of the World Health Organisation and facing a real aggravation of the Covid-19 pandemic risks to the public health, the Portuguese government ordered the closure of physical school spaces throughout the country. With the establishment of emergency remote teaching, the previous existing challenges in assessment of learning became even more complex challenges. Therefore, this entire confinement period has sparked, not only in Portugal but also around the world, a forced reflection on the purposes, practices, and uses of assessments. To study and understand some impacts of this pandemic on the domain of educational assessment in Portugal, with this research project, it is sought to comprehend the legal framework that supported assessment of learning during this period, as well as its implications on students’ results and schooling pathways, teachers’ adaptation and perceived workloads, the relationship between internal and external assessment of learning, and current assessment policies and practices.    Supervisor: Susana da Cruz Martins (CIES-Iscte)