Professor at ISCTE-IUL, director of the Department of Political Economy, director of the Master Course on Social and Solidarity Economy, and teaching in the Master Courses on Social and Mestrado em Economia Social e Solidária, Development Studies and Economics and Public Policies; research being developed in the framework of European experimental programmes, (Poverty III, Employment & Adapt, Equal), programes of launched by the International Labour Office (STEP Programme, CIARIS Platform), by the OECD (IESED Project from LEED Programme) and by the Portuguese Government (Urban Renewal Programme, Critical Urban Areas Initiative, ‘Social Network’ Programme).