Pedro Abrantes is Assistant Professor at Universidade Aberta since 2013, where he currently coordinates the Observatory of Career and Life Paths of Graduates, the Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, and is a member of LE@D - the Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning. Between 2016 and 2022, he served in an official capacity as a specialist technician at the Office of the Minister of Education and Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics. He has also been a guest lecturer at ISCTE-IUL and a member of external school evaluation teams. He is Vice-President of the Portuguese Sociological Association and a member of the board of ENO - the European Network of Observatories in the field of Arts and Cultural Education.

Pedro Abrantes holds a degree and a PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL. He started his career at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte), where he served on the board and is currently an associate researcher. He has participated in several national and international research projects in the areas of education, youth, and social inequalities. He has taught at various universities and polytechnic institutes as a visiting professor and has been a visiting researcher at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (Mexico).