Coordinator Professor of Polytechnic Institute of Guarda – ESTH
CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais. CITUR - Centro de Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação em Turismo. UDI/IPG - Research Unit for Inland Development.
Education and training:
2008 - PhD in Geography and Regional Planning, specializing in Planning and Territorial Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon.
1998 - Master of Regional Development and Border Areas, University of Beira Interior.
1994 - Degree in Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon.
Teaching Activities and Training:
Professor the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda from 1997
Coordinator the Course of Tourism in the academic years of 2002 to 2004
Director of the Department of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, at 2008
Coordinator of the Each Technical and Scientific Tourism and Leisure at 2009 at 2010
Coordinator of the Scientific Area of Culture Geography and Leisure at ESTH since 2008
Scientific Committee of the Master in Management and Sustainability of Tourism since 2009.
Coordinator of the IPG Study Cycle Assessment processes with the Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation of Higher Education - A3ES, since 2010
Project - OECD Skills Strategy / Building an effective skills strategy for Portugal 2014.
Positions and functions
Manager Urban, under program URBCOM from 2006 at 2008
Member of the Scientific Council of the Douro International Natural Park since 2013
Member of the Strategic Council of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park since 2014
Member of the Technical-Scientific Council of ParqUrbis since 2015
Member of the Team to preparation and promotion of the Application of Serra da Estrela to UNESCO Global Geoparks since 2014
Member of the Scientific Committee - Aspiring Geopark Estrela since 2015
Member of the Executive Board of the National Mountain Research Network of FCT since 2017
Member of the Scientific Council of the Iberian Mountain Research Network (RIIM) since 2017
Member of Working Group 4 of RIS 3 (CCDR Centro) - Territorial innovation: subgroups of Rural innovation and Research and Development and Innovation in Tourism since 2015
Vice-President of the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda from 2010 at 2018
