Dermeval Saviani
Graduated in Philosophy at PUC-SP (1966), holds a PhD in Philosophy of Education (PUC-SP, 1971), and a full professorship in History of Education (Unicamp, 1986), with postdoctoral studies in Italy in 1994-1995. From 1967 to 1970, he taught high school and normal programs. Since 1967, he has been a higher-education professor. Dermeval Saviani was a member of the State Board of Education of São Paulo, coordinator of the CNPq Education Committee, coordinator of graduate studies at Ufscar, PUC-SP, and Unicamp, associate director of the School of Education at Unicamp, adjunct professor at USP/Ribeirão Preto, and a founding partner of anped, cedes, ande, cedec, and SBHE, of which he was also the first president. He was awarded the medal of educational merit by the Ministry of Education and received the Zeferino Vaz Award for scientific production at Unicamp, in addition to having been awarded the Jabuti Award for three times. He received honorary doctorates from the Tiradentes University in Aracaju and the Federal University of Paraíba in João Pessoa (2017), the Federal University of Santa Maria (2019), and the Federal University of São Carlos (2022). Author of many published works, he is currently Professor Emeritus at Unicamp, Researcher Emeritus at CNPq, general coordinator of Histedbr, and full professor in the Graduate Program in Education at Unicamp.