Integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center Territory, Culture, Space and Memory of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. PhD in History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, with the thesis Population and War – the impacts of the French Invasions in Porto (1807-1809). He teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social Sciences of the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, where he has lectured in the areas of history, political thought, and international reactions.