Director of the MA in Science of Religions, Director of the Degree (BSc) in European Studies and International Relations, and Assistant Professor at Lusófona University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, a Master’s in Law, and a Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the NOVA University of Lisbon. Ph.D. Fellow in the Postgraduate Program in Political Sociology of the UFSC – Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), funded by the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Programme of the European Union (2014-16) and by the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology (2016-19). Integrated researcher at the LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges where is a member of the Board of Directors. Member (collaborator) of the IPRI – Portuguese Institute of International Relations (NOVA University) and Centre for Global Studies (Universidade Aberta – UAb). Visiting scholar in Sciences Po Paris – University of Poitiers (2014), national correspondent for EUREL (EUrope – RELigion), University of Strasbourg (2017-19), political attaché at the Embassy of Belgium in Lisbon (2019-20), member of the Board of Directors of the CITER – Research Center for Theology and Religion Studies (2019-2021), and research policy officer at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union (2020-2021). He has been researching on religion-state relations, secularization, cultural diversity, religious freedom, and religions in Europe.