Secretary-General of the Executive Secretariat of the Superior Academic Board of Grupo Lusofona. Advisor to the Administration of Lusofona University, he is the Coordinator of the area of Science of Religions at Lusofona University, where he directed the Degree and the Masters Degree in Science of Religions. Ambassador of the World Parliament of Religions (since Oct. 2014), he is also founder of the European Academy of Religions. Specialized in Ancient Mythology, he currently dedicates his work to the definition of the academic area of Science of Religions, and to the Dialogue between Religions and Citizenship. He coordinated the "Republic and Religions" seminar, held at the Museum of the Presidency of the Republic in 2005, and he was the scientific coordinator of the project "Religions: History - Texts - Traditions", based at Re-Ligare (Mission Unit for Dialogue with Religions), from the Council of Ministers Presidency, in 2006. He was responsible for the Survey on Religious Culture in Portugal, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2013). He coordinated, in 2017, the "Roadmap for Interreligious Dialogue" project, supported by the State Secretariat for Citizenship and Equality. He coordinated the first phase of the Portuguese participation in the project named "EUREL - Données sociologiques et juridiques sur la religion en Europe", of the Robert Schuman University and the CNRS. He also participated in "Our Shared Europe", a British Council project. In the field of relations with Islam, he directed the Al-Muhaidib Institute for Islamic Studies (2014 - 2016), and co-founded the Al-Mu'tamid Philosophy Club, created as a joint venture between the Lusofona University and the Islamic Community of Lisbon (2014). He launched the "Database of Islamic Heritage in Portugal" project, with almost 1000 registrations at the present time. With the Islamic Foundation of Palmela, he created the "Advanced Training for Islamic Leadership", directed at Imams working in Europe. He also co-coordinates the Post-Graduation Studies in "Islam and Security". In the field of Jewish Studies, he is the coordinator of the "Terra(s) de Sefarad" conference, held every two years in Bragança. Since April 2018 he has been a member of the executive committee of the Network of Jewish Quarters of Portugal. He was the commissioner of an exhibition named "Heranças e Vivências Judaicas em Portugal", at Torre do Tombo (March and April 2017). He was responsible for the project of cataloguing the Portuguese manuscripts of the Ets-Haim / Montesinos Library of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2013-14). He coordinated the FCT project, "Historical Dictionary of Portuguese Sephardim: Merchants and Tradesmen". He was one of the coordinators of the Gospels - Commented (2005, 2006 and 2007), which brought together more than 150 Portuguese and Portuguese-speaking eminent national personalities around commentaries on excerpts from the New Testament, bringing together contributors from almost every religious background represented in Portugal.