PhD in Education Sciences. He holds a degree in Languages, Literature, and Cultures from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FLUP), a Master's degree in Language Teaching from the same Faculty (FLUP), a Master's degree in Education Sciences from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP), and a postgraduate degree in Education Administration of Educational Organizations from the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESE-IPP). He is member of the research and advanced training group Youth, Education, Diversity and Innovation (JEDi) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Research and Intervention (CIIE - FPCEUP), researching youth, youth transitions, and rural/low-density regions. He has been part of research teams in national projects focusing on young people and rural and low-density regions: GROW.UP: Grow Up in Border Regions in Portugal: Young People, Educational Pathways, and Agendas (Ref: PTDC/CED-EDG/29943/2017); YOUNG PEOPLE WHO RETURN: Mobility, motivations, and investment in inland and low-density regions after higher education training (Ref. UIDB/00167/2020). His research interests include citizenship education, youth participation, place-based education, rural and low-density contexts, and participatory methodologies, such as participatory action research. He is a member of the Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences and a member of External Assessment Committees at the Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency (A3ES)."

2018 – Especialização em Educação (Administração de Organizações Educativas) – Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2017 – Mestrado em Ciências da Educação – Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014 – Mestrado em Ensino do Português e Francês nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2012 – Licenciatura em Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Estudos juvenis; Cidadania e diversidade; Metodologias de investigação; Sexualidades e estudos de género.