Manuel Cardoso

Manuel Cardoso is the learning specialist for UNICEF at its New York headquarters. With Hiroyuki Hattori, he co-developed the Foundational Learning Skills module for the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. He previously was learning outcomes specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Montréal) for 10years.

Prior to that, he worked for Uruguay’s national assessment system while teaching at two universities. He holds a PhD in Comparative and International Education from Columbia, a Master’s in International Education Policy from Harvard, and a B.A. in Sociology from Uruguay’s national university. His work is published in Comparative Education Review, International Review of Education, Compare, and International Studies in Sociology of Education, among others.