Biography

Rui Gomes is a PhD in Educational Sciences and full professor retired at the University of Coimbra. Between 1990 and 1999 he taught and researched at the University of Lisbon, in the field of Educational Sciences and Sociology of Education. His current research interests include themes of Sociology of Education and Education Policy (Academic mobility and brain Drain), Sociology of Body (Body and new subjectivities), Sociology of Leisure (Deviant Leisure), and Sociology of Health (Biopolitics and public policy of health). He has published several books and book chapters on these subjects, some of them in collaboration (School Culture and the Identities of Teachers, 1993; The Study of School, 1996; School and Local Space, 1996; The Government of Education in Portugal, 2005; Leisure Spaces, 2005; Leisure Gazes, 2007; The Body and the Politics of Life, 2009; Brain Drain - Portraits of Highly-skilled Portuguese Emigrants 2015; Between the Periphery and the Center, 2015). The results of research projects are published in several articles in national and international journals: Apunts-Educación Fisica y Deportes; Artus; Boletim da SPEF; Cadernos de Educação; Educação em Questão; Educação, Sociedade & Culturas; Episteme; European Journal for Sport and Society; European Journal of Tourism Research; Hommes & Migrations; Interfaces da Educação; International Migration; Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management; Journal of Leisure Studies; Lecturas-Educación Física y Deportes; Leisure Issues; Mediapolis; Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies; Migraciones Internacionales; Migration Studies; Organizações e Trabalho; Physical Culture and Sport-Studies and Research; Psicologia; Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação; Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto; Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais; Revista de Educação; Revista Portuguesa de Educação; Revista Portuguesa de Gestão; Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia; Salute e Società; Sociologia-Problemas e Práticas; Studia Sportiva; Tertium Comparationis; The Open Sports Sciences Journal; Tourism and Hospitality International Journal; Turismo e Desenvolvimento; World Leisure Journal.