Dr Alexandre Pais

Dr Alexandre Pais

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Biography

I am a reader at the Faculty of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, since May 2016, where I develop research, teaching and external funding activities in the area of education. I achieved international recognition in the field of mathematics education, and I have been making a sustained and innovative contribution to knowledge, by publishing in high ranked journals and actively participating in the community’s research dynamics. My work involves collaboration with colleagues from different countries, and its relevance has led to invitations to give plenary talks at international conferences, to assume the leadership of a CERME thematic working group, and to organise courses in European and South-American higher education institutions. I have a significant network of international connections, and, in recent years, I have been extending my work into broader educational and social research arenas, through involvement in national and European funded projects. My teaching experience spans from primary schools to higher education, in various European and South American countries. I am a scholar of Lacan.

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Research outputs

  • Books (authored/edited/special issues)

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Bohlman, N., Pais, A. The disorder of mathematics education. Springer.

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Bohlmann, N., Pais, A. (2016) The disorder of mathematics education: Challenging the sociopolitical dimensions of research.

  • Chapters in books

    Pais, A.J.S. 'The narcissism of mathematics education.' The disorder of mathematics education. Springer,

    Pais, A. (2024) 'The Garden of Ethics.' In Ernest, P. (ed.) Ethics and Mathematics Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Cham: Springer, pp. 503-517.

    Pais, A. (2022) 'Being a socialist in Manchester (a Manchester case).' In McMahon, G., Rowley, H., Batsleer, J. (ed.) Reshaping Youth Participation: Manchester in a European Gaze. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 83-97.

    Pais, A. (2022) 'What Do Young People Learn in Formal Settings of Youth Participation?.' In Bečević, Z., Andersson, B. (ed.) Youth Participation and Learning: Critical Perspectives on Citizenship Practices in Europe. Springer Nature, pp. 139-149.

    Pais, A. (2021) '"This is a compressed political system." Ambivalences of formal youth participation.' Young People and the Struggle for Participation Contested Practices, Power and Pedagogies in Public Spaces. Routledge,

    Pais, A. (2018) 'Truth, Power and Capitalist Accumulation in Mathematics Education.' Sociopolitical Dimensions of Mathematics Education.

    Pais, A. (2017) 'Mathematics education as a matter of economy.' Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer,

    Sant, E., Pais, A., McDonnell, J., Mendez Alvarez-Hevia, D. (2017) 'Social Fantasy vs. Radical Democracy: two competing views of populism and how they challenge education.' In Akbaba, Y., Jeffrey, B. (ed.) The Implications of ‘New Populism’ For Education. E & E Printing, pp. 41-52.

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Pais, A.J.S., Bohlmann, N. (2016) 'Welcome to the jungle: An orientation guide to the disorder of mathematics education.' The Disorder of Mathematics Education: Challenging the Sociopolitical Dimensions of Research. Springer,

    Pais, A.J.S., Moran, R., Mesquita, M., Straehler-Pohl, H., Adamuz, N. (2016) 'Working with local communities inside the bigger picture.' Street-connected, undocumented, disabled? Interdisciplinary discussions to increase the impact of research.. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.,

    Pais, A.J.S., Valero, P. (2015) 'Examining political perspectives in mathematics education.' Refractions of mathematics education. Information Age Publishing,

    Pais, A.J.S. (2014) 'Os desafios da etnomatematica.' Fronteiras Urbanas: ensaios sobre a humanizacao do espaco. IEUL, pp. 33-45.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2013) 'Kulturens Grensen.' Kultur og matematikk. Norway: Caspar Forlag., pp. 113-136.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2012) 'A critical approach to equity.' In Green, B. (ed.) Opening the Cage: Critique and Politics of Mathematics Education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 49-91.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2012) 'Mathematics education between utopia and reality: Examining research in contexts of conflict, poverty and violence.' In Halai, A. (ed.) Research methodologies from the 'South'. Pakistan: Oxford University Press., pp. 158-177.

    Pais, A. (2012) 'A critical approach to equity.' Opening the Cage: Critique and Politics of Mathematics Education. pp. 49-92.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2011) 'Beyond disavowing the politics of equity and quality in mathematics education.' In Atweh, B., Graven, M., Secada, W. (ed.) Mapping equity and quality in mathematics education. New York: Springer, pp. 35-48.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2010) 'Portrait of an influence.' In Alrø, H., Ravn, O. (ed.) Critical mathematics education: Past, present and future. Rotterdam: Sense, pp. 133-134.

  • Journal articles

    Pais, A. (2022) 'Correction: Hegel, subjectivity and youth (Subjectivity, (2022), 15, 1-2, (70-87), 10.1057/s41286-022-00130-x).' Subjectivity, 15(4) pp. 289-289.

    Pais, A. (2022) 'Hegel, subjectivity and youth.' Subjectivity, 15pp. 70-87.

    Pais, A. (2022) 'Making the waste count: a contribution to the political economy of youth.' Youth and Globalization, 3(2) pp. 403-421.

    Pais, A., Walther, A., Lüküslü, D., Loncle, P. (2020) 'Regimes of youth participation? Comparative analysis of youth policies and participation across European cities.' Young: Nordic journal of youth research, 29(2) pp. 191-209.

    Pais, A. (2018) 'Mathematics, capitalism and biosocial research.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 101(3) pp. 373-386.

    Pais, A. (2018) 'Book Review: The limits of pluralism. Bharath Sriraman (Ed.) (2017) Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy: Essays celebrating the 90th birthday of Reuben Hersh.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 99(2) pp. 235-240.

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Felix, L., Pais, A.J.S., Swanson, D. (2018) 'Preface: The disorder of mathematics education, Part II. Critique, imagination and play.' The Mathematics Enthusiast, 15(1) pp. 3-7.

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Lensing, F., Pais, A., Swanson, D. (2018) 'Preface: The disorder of mathematics education, Part II. Critique, imagination and play.' Mathematics Enthusiast, 15(1-2) pp. 3-7.

    de Freitas, E., Lupinacci, J., Pais, A. (2017) 'Science and Technology Studies × Educational Studies: Critical and Creative Perspectives on the Future of STEM Education: Introduction.' Educational Studies, 53(6) pp. 551-559.

    Pais, A.J.S., Batsleer, J., Andersson, B., Liljeholm Hansson, S., Lütgens, J., Mengilli, Y., Pohl, A., Wissö, T. (2017) 'Non-formal spaces of socio-cultural accompaniment: Responding to young unaccompanied refugees – reflections from the Partispace project..' European Educational Research Journal, 17(2) pp. 305-322.

    Pais, A., Costa, M. (2017) 'An ideology critique of global citizenship education.' Critical Studies in Education, 61(1) pp. 1-16.

    Pais, A. (2016) 'At the intersection between the subject and the political: a contribution to an ongoing discussion.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 92(3) pp. 347-359.

    Pais, A. (2015) 'Symbolising the real of mathematics education.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 89(3) pp. 375-391.

    Pais, A. (2014) 'Economy: the absent centre of mathematics education.' ZDM - Mathematics Education, 46(7) pp. 1085-1093.

    Pais, A., Valero, P. (2014) 'Whither social theory?.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 87(2) pp. 241-248.

    Pais, A.J.S., Mesquita, M., Francois, K. (2014) 'Communitarian mathematics education: walking into boundaries.' Em Teia, 5(1) pp. 45-59.

    Straehler-Pohl, H., Pais, A. (2014) 'Learning to fail and learning from failure - ideology at work in a mathematics classroom.' Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 22(1) pp. 79-96.

    Pais, A. (2013) 'An ideology critique of the use-value of mathematics.' Educational studies in mathematics, 84(1) pp. 15-34.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2013) 'Ethnomathematics in non-formal educational settings: the Urban Boundaries project..' Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática, 6(3) pp. 134-144.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2013) 'Ethnomathematics and the limits of culture.' For the Learning of Mathematics,

    Pais, A.J.S. (2012) 'A investigação em etnomatemática e os limites da cultura.' Reflexao e accao, 20(2) pp. 32-48.

    Pais, A. (2012) 'Tony Brown: Mathematics education and subjectivity—cultures and cultural renewal.' ZDM, 44(6) pp. 815-818.

    Pais, A., Valero, P. (2012) 'Researching research: mathematics education in the Political.' Educational Studies in Mathematics, 80(1-2) pp. 9-24.

    Pais, A., Fernandes, E., Matos, J.F., Alves, A.S. (2012) 'Recovering the meaning of "critique" in critical mathematics education.' For the learning of mathematics, 32(1) pp. 28-33.

    Pais, A., Fernandes, E., Matos, J.F., Alves, A.S. (2012) 'Recovering the meaning of "critique" in critical mathematics education.' For the Learning of Mathematics, 32(1) pp. 28-33.

    Pais, A. (2011) 'Criticisms and contradictions of ethnomathematics.' Educational studies in mathematics, 76(2) pp. 209-230.

  • Conference papers

    Pais, A.J.S. (2017) 'The subject of mathematics education research.' In Ninth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference. Volos, Greece, 7/4/2017 - 12/4/2017.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2017) 'Truths and power in mathematics education.' In Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematics Education. Hamburg, Greece, 2/8/2016 - 8/8/2016.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2017) 'Response to Dimitris’s plenary.' In Ninth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference. Volos, Greece, 7/4/2017 - 12/4/2017.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2017) 'Dealing with our own shit: the researcher behind the [mathematics education] research.' In Ninth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference.. Volos, Greece, 7/4/2017 - 12/4/2017.

    Pais, A.J.S. (2016) 'The narcissism of mathematics education.' In The Disorder of Mathematics Education. Berlin, 15/1/2015 - 17/1/2015.

    Pais, A.J.S., Mesquita, M. (2015) 'Ethnomathematics in non-formal educational settings: The Urban Boundaries project.' In 12th International Congress on Mathematics Education. Seoul, Korea, 8/7/2012 - 15/7/2012.

    Pais, A.J.S., Valero, P. (2015) 'From knowledge to value: Towards an economic theorization of school mathematics..' In 12th International Congress on Mathematics Education. Seoul, Korea, 8/7/2012 - 15/7/2012.

    Pais, A.J.S., Straehler-Pohl, H. (2013) 'To participate or not to participate? That is not the question.' In Eight Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Antalya, Turkey,