PhD in Social Sciences (with a specialization in Political Sociology) by the Institute of Social Sciences (University of Lisbon). MSc in 'Communication, Culture and Information Technologies' (ISCTE-IUL). BA in 'Sociology' (ISCTE-IUL).

Lecturer in the MA in 'Communication, Culture and Information Technologies' (ISCTE-IUL), in the PG in 'Industries and Creative Cultures: Management and Strategies' (ESCS-IPL), in the BA in 'Audiovisual and Multimedia' (ESCS -IPL), and in the BA in 'Public Relations and Business Communication' (ESCS-IPL).

Former lecturer in the PhD in 'Communication Studies: Technology, Culture and Society' (FCT), in the MA in 'Entrepreneurship and Studies of Culture' (ISCTE-IUL), in the MA in 'Audiovisual and Multimedia' (ESCS-IPL), and in the PG in 'Musical Marketing' (ISCSP-UL).

He is an Associate Researcher at CIES-IUL, Center for Research and Studies in Sociology.

He was Director of ICML, Institute of Communication and Media of Lisbon.

Currently part of COST Action CA17135 - Constitution-making and deliberative democracy. He represented Portugal in the Management Committee of COST action IS0807. He was Researcher on COST actions A14 'Government and democracy in information age', A20 'The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe', and IS0807 'Living in Surveillance Societies'.

He is a published author in international and national scientific books (in co-authorship of articles and afterword), and in international and national scientific journals.

He is Advisory Editor of the international scientific journal OBS *, OberCom, Observatory of Communication.

He was Journal Manager of the international scientific journal OBS *, OberCom, Observatory of Communication.

He is a reviewer of the international journals 'Journal of Communication' (School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California), 'New Media & Society' and 'OBS *' (OberCom, Observatory of Communication). He is a reviewer of the national scientific journal 'Public Communication' (ESCS-IPL).