In this article, some of the more relevant aspects found in the studies presented in ECER's Conference in Lisbon, 2002, developed within IEA Civic Education Project, are briefly highlighted. The emerging need for rethinking the concept of civic education itself is pointed out, as well as the nature of research questions for future studies in the field, taking into account and expanding the present findings and their contributes for illuminating the complexity of the concept.
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