He made his PhD thesis in Economics at the Technical University in Lisbon in 2001. The thesis topic was the evaluation of European Social Fund operations in Portugal. Since then he has taught in several Portuguese universities, presented and published extensively in international conferences and referred journals on Human Resource, Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Social Policies. He is the Head of the Observatory for Sustainability and Growth at Lusíada Famalicão. He was Programme chair of ECKM 2010 and of MSKE 2009, both Conferences having been held in Lusíada Famalicão in the last two years.