Professor Nuno Crato

Education Endowment Foundation:Professor Nuno Crato

Professor Nuno Crato

University of Lisbon, President of Iniciativa Educação

Nuno Crato, GCIH, GCIP, is President of Iniciativa Educação, university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, educator, and writer.

From 2011 to 2015 he was Portuguese Minister of Education, Higher Education and Science. During his tenure, Portuguese students achieved the best results ever in international surveys, dropout rates were reduced to a half, and mandatory schooling was increased from nine to 12 school years.

He holds a Ph.D. in applied mathematics, worked many years in the U.S. as a university professor and researcher, and is now a professor at the University of Lisbon.

He has several works published in the fields of education, science popularization, and history of science, and research papers in mathematics and statistics.

His most recent books are his co-organized Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation (Springer 2019) and his recently edited Improving a Country’s Education: PISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries (Springer 2021).

He has been consulting for education policy groups and think tanks. He is founding organizer of Lisbon Economics and Statistics of Education.