Member of international research projects:
Grantee of FLAD – Luso-American Development Foundation, for research work on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Teaching or research activity in other Higher Education Institutions:
FLAD Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, Department of Government Washington D.C., United States of America, Spring Term 2017

Lecturer in postgraduate courses:
New University of Lisbon Law School
Catholic University of Porto School of Law

Other professional activities:
Lawyer
Member of the Commission that drafted the 2003 Labour Code, created under the XV Constitutional Government (2001-2002)
Head of the Cabinet of the Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications in the 17th Constitutional Government (2005-2009)
Head of the Prime Minister’s Office of the XVIII Constitutional Government (2009-2011)
Scientific Coordinator of the Labour Relations Green Paper, Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (2016)

Most relevant publications:
The Influence of the United States of America on Reaffirming the Principle of Equality in Portuguese Speaking Countries, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016

Annotated Labour Code, co-authored with Pedro Romano Martinez, Luís Miguel Monteiro, Joana Vasconcelos, Pedro Madeira de Brito and Luís Gonçalves da Silva, 10th edition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016

The Influence of the United States of America on the Affirmation of the Principle of Equality in Employment in Lusophone Countries, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016

The Principle of Worker Protection, Almedina, Coimbra / Ltr, São Paulo, 2015

Rights of Personality – Notes on the Civil Code and the Labour Code, Almedina, Coimbra, 2006

“The Legal Meaning of the Principle of Equality: A Luso-Brazilian Perspective”, Revista Brasileira de Direito Constitucional, no. 2, pp.113-137, July/December 2003

“Justa causa e esfera privada”, Estudos do Instituto de Direito do Trabalho, II, pp. 35-91. Almedina, Coimbra, 2001

The Principle of Equality in Labour Law – its applicability in the specific field of the formation of individual employment contracts, Almedina, Coimbra, 1999

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Teaching activity at FDUL:
Assistant Professor of Labour Law I (Degree)
Lecturer in Labour Law III (Professional Master’s Degree)
Lecturer on postgraduate courses in Labour Law and Business Law