Ângela Sá Azevedo is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP).
She has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto since 2006. At the same institution she completed a Master's Degree in Child Development and Education (Early Intervention) in 1998. She has a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra since 1991.
She has extensive professional experience in the fields of clinical psychology and educational psychology. In the latter area of psychology, she has worked for 25 years as the coordinator of a psychopedagogical office dedicated to intervention in areas such as career development, inclusive education, self-regulation and learning motivation.
She was awarded the Specialities in Educational Psychology (2016) and Clinical and Health Psychology (2019), as well as the Advanced Specialities in Special Educational Needs (2016) and Vocational Psychology and Career Development (2016) by the College of Specialities of the Portuguese Psychologists' Association.
She has been coordinating the Master's in Educational Psychology since 2008 at FFCS - UCP and has been a member of the Coordination Committee for the Psychology Degree since 2020. She has been a member of the Scientific Council of FFCS-UCP since 2008.
She is a researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (CEFH) at UCP in the areas of Motivation, Self-regulation of Development and Learning, Pedagogical Relationships, Emotional and Psychosexual Development, Vocational and Career Development and Inclusive Education.
He has published extensively in the field of Educational Psychology.