Associate Professor with Aggregation
Professor in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, being responsible for the coordination of the scientific areas of Medieval History and Local and Regional History
Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Medieval History
Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Local and Regional History
Researcher in the History Centre of the University of Lisbon, where he coordinates the area of research in Security and Defence
Consulting Member of the Observatory for Security, Organised Crime and Terrorism
Member of the Editorial Council of the Magazine Segurança e Defesa
Researcher in the Transatlantic Democratic Institute
Vice-president of the Consulting Council of the Luso-Arab Institute for Cooperation
Sub-director of the David Lopes Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon
Director of the Alexandre Herculano Institute for Regional Studies and Municipalism of the Department of History of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon
Advisor of the Portugal-Morocco Friendship Circle
Coordinator of the FORAL Programme of the University of Lisbon, appointed by the Rector in 2003
Member of the Navy Academy
Member of the Lisbon Geography Society In the University of Lisbon, he has coordinated courses in Internal Security and Defence (2004) and Terrorism and Terrorisms; the New Global Menaces (3 editions: 2006, 2007 and 2008).
Professor of the seminar on Emigration and Security of the Course in Law and Security of the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon
Author of more than 100 scientific works, such as books and papers, with particular reference to the co‑authorship of the book As Teias do Terror, Lisbon, 2006.
Author of the proposal for the creation of an Advanced Studies Course in Security and Defence submitted to the Senate of the University of Lisbon, currently waiting for approval.
Coordinator of the Conference Portugal and the Mediterranean; Geostrategic Perspectives in 2007