He currently holds a British Academy Visiting Fellowship at Goldsmiths’ Centre for Postcolonial Studies. Since the start of his career, he has been interested in exploring the ways Marxism has been used by Nationalism. He has conducted extensive research on the Portuguese communist movement, analysing the political, economic and cultural implications of the intersections between nation and class. More recently, he has been engaged in the study of African anti-colonialist leader Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973). Neves is also the director of "Práticas da História - a Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past".