Nuno Miguel Augusto is graduated in sociology at University of Beira Interior (UBI) (1995), Master in sociology at the University of Évora and PHD at UBI. Has publications and comunications in the areas of political sociology, youth sociology and social policies. Was President of the Sociology Department of UBI from 2099 to 2015 and is actually the coordinator of the investioagtion pole in UBI of the CIES-IUL (CIES-UBI.