He has a PhD in Economic and Social Contemporary History, and a MA in 19th Century History. He is a Member of the Core Committee of the Working Group 1 (Space and Time) at the Network for Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities (NeDiMAH), since December 2011 (network funded by ESF), an initiative dedicated to the development of digital approaches to representing and analysing spatial and temporal dimensions. His areas of interest are Modern and Contemporary History, Economic and Social History, Urban History, History of the Revolutions and Digital Humanities. Among others, he published a few papers in Portuguese and International peer reviewed journals, mainly about Economic and Social History, and Historical GIS.