Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Institutional Affairs and Portuguese Speaking Communities, and President of the Ethics Committee at Universidade Aberta. He has a PhD in Political Sciences, specializing in Administration Science (2007), a master in European Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (1997) and a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (1993). Studied Comparative Constitutional Law at Tilburg University (1996), in the Netherlands. He created, with José Eduardo Franco and other colleagues, the Doctorate in Global Studies (DEG) and the Center for Global Studies (CEG) at Universidade Aberta, as part of an innovative ecosystem in the emerging scientific area of global studies that also includes three chairs ¿ the FCT Infante Dom Henrique Chair for Atlantic Island Studies and Globalization (CIDH), already finished, the CIPSH/UNESCO Chair in Global Studies and the UNESCO Chair in Global Studies ¿ and a vast set of initiatives, resources and tools to serve the purposes of research, teaching and knowledge transfer (two scientific journals, several editorial collections in leading publishers, cycles of conferences and science dissemination, established in conjunction and with the support of relevant academic and social institutions ¿ universities, research centers, foundations, regional governments, local authorities, etc.). He is a senior researcher and vice-president of the CEG Coordinators Council, and the coordinator of the group of ¿Politics, Human Rights and Citizenship¿ at the center, with Susana Alves-Jesus. He is vice-coordinator of the DEG and the Postgraduate Programme in Global Studies. He is President of the Pedagogical Council of the UNESCO Chair in Global Studies and vice-president of the CIPSH/UNESCO Chair in Global Studies. He was deputy director of the CIDH. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Association of Higher Education Editors (2014-). He has been a Corresponding Member of the Balearic History Academy since 2017. He has coordinated and been a research member of 18 research projects with international or external funding. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, in Vienna, appointed by the Portuguese State in 2012. As part of the ¿Cultura em Negativo¿ project, which resulted in the publication of the ¿Dicionário dos Antis: Cultura Portuguesa em Negativo¿ (¿Dictionary of Antis: Portuguese Culture in Negative¿), he coordinated the area of political sciences. He was part of the scientific committee of the similar project established in Brazil and which has been experimented in other countries. He has successfully supervised 11 PhD students, 14 Master's students and 1 post-doctoral student at 6 universities in 4 countries. He is an associate editor of seven indexed journals and is a member of the editorial board of 24 journals, in English, Portuguese and Spanish. He belongs to the editorial boards of four organizations and has acted as a referee and reviewer for prestigious publishers such as Palgrave Macmillan, Sage, Routledge, Coimbra University Press, etc. Participated in dozens of Scientific Committees of International and National Conferences and chaired many others with the participation of large hundreds of people from all continents. He has a significant participation in the media on matters related to science and higher education and political and social issues, particularly international politics. He is responsible for an average of 6 courses per year in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, in addition to participating in non-degree programmes.