António Pedro Costa

António Pedro Costa is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, within the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal). He is one of the researchers involved in the development of the webQDA qualitative analysis support software (webqda.net). He teaches courses on research methodologies. He is the Coordinator of the Ibero-American Congress on Research Methodologies (ciaiq.ludomedia.org) and the World Conference on Qualitative Research (wcqr.ludomedia.org). He has organised several special issues and books on Qualitative Research and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Trends in Qualitative Research (NTQR). His research interests include the use of technologies throughout the different stages of research. In this field, he has published several studies on ethics, transversal and specific competencies in the use of Artificial Intelligence, methodological literature reviews, mixed methods, data curation, among other topics. In 2023, he received an Honourable Mention in the Arts and Humanities category of the “University of Aveiro Researcher Award.” He has coordinated several publicly and privately funded projects with a total value exceeding 3 million euros.