Members of international research projects:
Member of the team of the research project “Social Market Economy Research: The Future of the Welfare State in the EU”, a Jean Monnet Programme promoted by the “Antonio Truyol” Centre of Excellence of the Universidad Computlense de Madrid, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the University of Pavia and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the University of Lisbon, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Gil Robles;

Member of the team of the research project “The Present and Future of Political Legitimacy: overcoming old answers to new challenges” promoted by the Institute of Philosophy of Language of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon, coordinated by Prof Diogo Pires Aurélio, scheduled for the years 2013-2015.

Teaching or research activity in other Higher Education Institutions:
Trainee Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 1996 to 1999;
Professor at the Military Academy from 2013.

Other Professional Activities:
Lawyer at “PLMJ – AM Pereira, Sáragga Leal, Oliveira Martins, Júdice e Associados” between 2001 and 2004″, whose registration has now been suspended at his request.
Advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers from 1999 to 2002.

Most relevant publications:
Books (as author):

Teoria dos Regimes Políticos: Lições de Ciência Política, Lisbon: AAFDL, 2013;
A Realidade Internacional – Introdução à Teoria das Relações Internacionais, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2011;
A Autoridade Moral da Constituição: Da Fundamentação da Validade do Direito Constitucional, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2009;
As Faculdades Normativas Universitárias no Quadro do Direito Fundamental à Autonomia Universitária, Coimbra: Almedina, 2004.

Books (as organiser):

The Constitutional Court and the Crisis, Coimbra: Almedina, 2014 (co-organised by Gonçalo de Almeida Ribeiro);
Carl Schmitt Revisited, e-book, Lisbon: ICJP, 2014 (co-organised by Carlos Blanco de Morais);
Eichmann in Jerusalem – 50 Years After – An Interdisciplinary Approach, Berlin: Duncker und Humblot, 2012 (co-organised by Kai Ambos / Maria Fernanda Palma / Paulo de Sousa Mendes).

Book chapters:

Human Dignity as a Background Idea, in Stephan Kirste (ed.), Human Dignity and the Foundation of Law, Stuttgart: Steiner-Verlag, 2013, p. 105-106;
Territorial Planning Law, in Paulo Otero / Pedro Gonçalves (coords.), Tratado deDireito Administrativo Especial, VI, Coimbra: Almedina, 2012, p. 133-223.