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João Costa is Director of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, since January 2025, Chair of the Advisory Group of the OECD Global Forum “Future of Education and Skills 2030”, since 2024, and Chair of the OECD Education Policy Committee, since January 2024.
Full Professor of Linguistics at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, he holds a PhD in Linguistics (1998) from the Leiden University and he dedicates his research activity to the domains of theoretical syntax, language acquisition and development, and educational linguistics.