Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Director for Internationalisation of the Autónoma Group, which includes the Autónoma University of Lisbon (UAL), the São Francisco das Misericórdias School of Nursing (ESESFM), and the Autónoma Academy–School of Postgraduate Studies.
Full Professor at UAL, where he is Director of the International Relations Department and of its research unit OBSERVARE-Observatory of Foreign Relations.
Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-Nova).
Expert Evaluator at the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) and of the Evaluation Panel for PhD scholarships of the Portuguese Research and Development Funding Agency (FCT) in the fields of Political Science and International Relations.
He was Special Adviser for International Relations and Counter-Terrorism in the Office of the Portuguese Minister of Home Affairs, Special Adviser to the Vice-President of the European Parliament, and NATO Researcher.
He holds a degree in International Relations from UAL, a Masters in Strategy from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon, and a PhD in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics of University of Coimbra (FEUC).