Teaches on different Master Programmes (and multiple courses, mainly concerning Theory of Science, Methods and Evaluation) Course convener for Theory of Science and Methods (MIDM12, LUMID) Supervises and examines Master's theses Post Doc Biodiversity and Society, LUCSUS and CIES, 2013 Post Doc Evaluation of Land Policies, U. of Santiago de Compostela, 2009 Ph.D. Environmental Sociology, ISCTE and University of Oviedo,2005 M.Sc. Social Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon, 2000 Licentiate Social Anthropology, ISCTE, Lisbon, 1994 My research is dedicated to nature conservation, having as empirical material the relation between humans and certain species, like wolves and more recently the honey-bee, within the scope of Europe. I have experience in working within trans-disciplinary environments and enjoy developing new models for human-nature relationships alongside social technologies for transformative learning. I've been promoting these action-research approaches with students in International Programmes related to Development and sustainability. General research interests: Human-nature relationships; Biodiversity and nature conservation; Transformative learning and action-research; Transdisciplinarity

Biodiversity and nature conservation;

Transformative learning and action-research;

Transdisciplinarity