Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Coimbra.

Associate Researcher at and Full Member of the Centre for Social Research and Intervention (CIS).

Cocoordinator of the thematic line "Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Citizenship" of the SociDigitalLab for Public Policy.

Co-coordinator of the research group Community, Education, and Development (CED), between 2017 and 2021.

Chair of COST Action 18213 – Rural NEET Youth Network, funded by the European Commission, through the COST Association (2019-2024).

Principal Investigator of the project Tr@ck-IN - Public employment services tracking effectiveness in supporting rural NEETs, funded by the Youth Employment Fund (EEA & Norway Grants) (2021-2024). 

Member of the EU Rural Pact Coordination, promoted by the European Commission, as well as from the Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR), from the Council of Europe.

Editorial board member of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

My work focuses on a psychosocial analysis of the school-to-work transition, namely social inclusion, well-being, and access to education and decent jobs for vulnerable young people such as those Not in Employment, nor in Education or Training (NEET). I also dedicate my work to scientific advice for public policies in these areas, at regional, national and European levels.  

I have experience in coordinating scientific teams to implement projects in public institutions, in Portugal

Between 2004 and 2015 I also collaborated with several organizations and projects (Caritas da Ilha Terceira, Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo; ISCTE-IUL team responsible for supervising schools included in the Priority Territories for Educational Interventions - TEIP program) in the role of external advisor.