Research

Publications

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Silva, Rui da, Silva, Miguel Filipe, Semedo, Rui (2025) Amílcar Cabral: Memory and Legacy in the Language Policy of Guinea-Bissau’s Education System. In A. Santos & V. Barros (Eds.), Amilcar Cabral and Independence in Africa: A Binational Struggle. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003204831

Croso, C., & Silva, R. da. (2025). Power and Politics between Global North and South: Analysis of Three Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Global Education Governance. In Í. Santos, E. Pekkola, & H. Kontio (Eds.), International Organisations Inside Out: Professional, Organisational and Contextual Realities of Global Education Development (pp. 143–160). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004689121_007

Silva, R. da, & Coelho, D. P. (2025). Development Aid, Coloniality and Technocracy: A Critical Reflection on the Global Partnership for Education in Guinea-Bissau. In Í. Santos, E. Pekkola, & H. Kontio (Eds.), International Organisations Inside Out: Professional, Organisational and Contextual Realities of Global Education Development (pp. 234–255). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004689121_011

Coelho, D. P., & Silva, R. da. (2025). Higher education in times of conflict: a systematic mapping review. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2025.2499608

Silva, R. da, Oliveira, J., & Morgado, N. S. (2025). Acesso à educação, atores externos e crises crónicas: Uma análise a partir da Guiné-Bissau. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.33.8708

Adrião, T., & Silva, R. da. (2024). New Philanthropy in Brazil Education: An Analysis of the 3M Approach of Lemann Foundation and the Discursive Practices in Social Media. Comparative Education Review, 68(4), 761–783. https://doi.org/10.1086/733517

Silva, Rui da, T. Adrião, T. Lauwerier, & R. Locatelli (Eds.) (2024), Education privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Agendas, policies and trend. Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto. https://www.africanos.eu/images/publicacoes/livros/Livro_12.pdf

Mula-Falcón, J., Viseu, S. & Silva, R. da Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media. High Educ Policy 38, 386–407 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-024-00353-4 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-024-00353-4

Silva, Rui da; Croso, Camilla & Magalhães, Gionanna Modé (2023) Multistakeholderism in global education governance: losses for democracy, profits for business. Amsterdam: Transnational Institute. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/multistakeholderism-in-global-education-governance

Silva, Rui da & Oliveira, Joana (2023) 40 anos de investigação no setor da educação na Guiné-Bissau: Um olhar sobre as publicações de 1975 a 2015. Porto: Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto.

Silva, Rui da & Adrião, Theresa (2023) To tweet, or not to tweet, that is the question: the Ayrton Senna Institute and education policy movement in Brazil. Globalisation, Societies and Education 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2023.2225445

Binesse, Helene, Rose, Pauline & Silva, Rui da. (2023) Literature search protocol: Mapping African-led Foundational Literacy and Numeracy publications in English, French and Portuguese. Methodological Note. REAL Centre, University of Cambridge

Silva, Rui da & Oliveira, Joana (2022) Global education policy in African fragile and conflict-affected states: examining the Global Partnership for Education. Globalisation, Societies and Education 20(4): 508-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2021.1947201

Silva, Rui da & Delgado, Carla (2022) Objetivo Desenvolvimento Sustentável 4 nas redes sociais. O que se pode concluir? Análise do Twitter de 2020 a 2022. Africana Studia 38: 117-125.

Silva, Rui da & Coelho, La Salete (2022) Stephen McCloskey. Global Learning and International Development in the Age of Neoliberalism. Sinergias – diálogos educativos para a transformação social, 14: 139-142.

Silva, Rui da & Oliveira, Joana (2021) A Parceria Global para a Educação no Twitter: análise das tendências e das agendas veiculadas. Revista Lusófona de Educação, 54, 73-86. https://10.24140/issn.1645-7250.rle54.05

Silva, Rui da & Theresa Adrião (2021) Redes Sociais e Política Educacional: Análise do Instituto Ayrton Senna no Twitter de 2013 a 2020. 37 (3). Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação https://10.21573/vol37n32021.111567

Silva, Rui da, & Oliveira, Joana. (2020). Privatização da Educação em 24 Países Africanos: tendências, pontos comuns e atípicos. Educação & Sociedade, 41. https://doi.org/10.1590/es.238622

Silva, Rui da & Oliveira, Joana (2020) “Impactos e Efeitos de Programas de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento em Escolas: Um olhar focado sobre o programa de apoio ao sistema educativo da Guiné-Bissau.” Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 39: 85-111. https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.4706

Martins, Bruna; Silva, Rui da & Coelho, La Salete. (2020) “O Poder Simbólico e a Cooperação Portuguesa: Uma análise sobre o papel da língua.” Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 39: 17-30. https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.4706

Marshall, Jeffery H., Mathilde Nicolai, and Rui da Silva. 2020. “Out-of-school children in Guinea-Bissau: A mixed-methods analysis.” International Journal of Educational Development 77:102223. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102223.

Adrião, Theresa, Silva, Rui da. 2020. “Public funding to private providers of compulsory education: crossed looks between Brazil and Portugal in the context of globalisations.” Globalisation, Societies and Education:1-15. http://10.1080/14767724.2020.176433 6

Silva, Rui da, Oliveira, Joana. 2020. “Support for teachers in challenging situations as a factor of change: reflections from a continuing professional development programme in Guinea-Bissau.” FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education 6 (2):71–88. doi: https://doi.org/10.32865/fire202062181.

Silva, R. d. (2019) Impactos e efeitos de um programa de ajuda pública ao desenvolvimento em escolas públicas e privadas: um caso na Guiné-Bissau. Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação, 35(1), 099 – 118. https://doi.org/10.21573/vol1n12019.89874

Rehder, M., Silva, R. d. & Monteiro, T. (2018) Da Guiné-Bissau ao Brasil: impactos da instabilidade política na manutenção dos princípios constitucionais para educação. Educação & Sociedade, 39(145), 962-979. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/es0101-73302018201813.

Silva, R. d. (2018). O papel da parceria global para a educação na promoção dos referentes da globalização nos planos setoriais da educação dos PALOP. Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, 22(esp3). doi: https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v22iesp3.12010.

Silva, R. d. & Oliveira, J. (2017) 40 years of educational research in Guinea-Bissau: Mapping the terrain. International Journal of Educational Development 57: 21–29. httpd//doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.09.003

Silva, R. d., Silva, R, & Silva, M. F. (2017) Sindicalismo, Professores e Educação para Todos: Reflexões sobre a Guiné-Bissau e em Moçambique. Africana Studia (28), 143-152.

Santos, J. G. d. & Silva, R. d. (2017). Theory and praxis: reflections and lessons from a bilateral educational aid program in Guinea-Bissau. Globalisation, Societies and Education 15 (2):202-216. doi:10.1080/14767724.2016.1195722

Silva, R. d., Santos, J. G. d., & Pacheco, J. A. (2017) Políticas de cooperação para o desenvolvimento de Portugal no contexto educacional. Reflexões sobre a Guiné-Bissau. In Jacqueline Freire, Bartolomeu Lopes Varela, José Augusto Pacheco & Marcelo Galvão-Baptista (Eds.) Educação Superior, Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Sul-Sul. Praia: UNICV

Silva, R. d. (2017) “Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues, and Policies. By Antoni Verger, Mario Novelli e Hulya Kosar Altinyelken” Sinergias (5), 131-133.

Silva, R. da (2016) Portugal’s Process for Incorportating the SDG’s in Education, NORRAG News, 54, 93. Available at: http://www.norrag.org/fileadmin/Full%20Versions/NN54.pdf;

Morgado, J. C., Santos, J. G. d., & Silva, R. d., (2016) Currículo, memória e fragilidade: contributos para (re)pensar a educação na Guiné-Bissau. Configurações 17, 57-77.

Silva, R. d., Santos, J. G. d., & Pacheco, J. A. (2015). Crossed looks: globalisations and curriculum in Guinea-Bissau. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 45(6), 978-999. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2015.1013018

Santos, J., Silva, R. d., & Mendes, C. (2014). PASEG II – uma aposta contínua na qualidade e inovação educativa na Guiné Bissau. Africana Studia (22), 59-72.

Silva, R. d., & Santos, J. G. (2014). Os estudos curriculares na Guiné-Bissau: as principais tendências que caracterizam o campo neste país africano. Paper presented at the Colóquio sobre Questões Curriculares – Colóquio Luso-Brasileiro de Questões Curriculares – Colóquio Luso-Afro-Brasileiro sobre Questões Curriculares, Braga.

Silva, R. d. (2014). Globalização e currículo – um caso de estudo na Guiné-Bissau. Africana Studia (22), 39-57.

Santos, J., Silva, R. & Silva, R. (2012) “Cooperação e Educação Internacional: algumas lições da aprendizagem com o Sul” Global Education Magazine (1): 79-85.

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Today we explore educational privatization in Brazil and Portugal.
With me is Rui da Silva, a researcher in the Center for African Studies at the University of Porto in Portugal. Together with Theresa Adrião, Rui has recently published a new article in the journal Globalisation, Societies and Education entitled “Public funding to private providers of compulsory education: crossed looks between Brazil and Portugal in the context of globalisations.”

Guinea Bissau is a small state in West Africa that was formally colonized by Portugal. Since independence in the 1970s, the country has experienced tremendous political instability. As such, the educational development that has been undertaken in the country has been precarious. On top of this, there are many colonial legacies that make educational provision difficult. For instance, although Portuguese is the official language and language of instruction in public schools, only a handful of people in the country actually speak it.
In our conversation, Rui details this history and the attempts at educational development by different organizations. He’s recently co-written articles on these topics that appear in the journals Compare and Globalisation, Societies and Education.

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Participation in research projects

Comparative study on the compulsory education privatization in small states: examining the role and impact in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau – Center for African Studies of the University of Porto;
Mapping the privatization strategies of basic education in different contexts: actors, programs and consequences for public education -University of Campinas, Brazil;
Mapping Education Research in sub-Saharan Africa – REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge;
Privatization of compulsory education provision: analysis of three government programs of public subsidy to the private sector (Brazil, Portugal and Ireland) – the University of Campinas, Brazil;
Between the global and the local. Impacts and effects of aid programs. A case study in Guinea-Bissau – University of Minho.

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Distinctions – awards

2019 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – Scientific Employment Stimulus – Individual Call
2018 Prémio Fernão Mendes Pinto – Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, Portugal
2017 UKFIET Bursary Award – UKFIET – The Education and Development Forum, United Kingdom

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