Coordinating Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Humanities and Integrated Cultural Management of the Territory. Member of the Portuguese Academy of History. President of the International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Vice President of HERITY International. Director of archeology projects, heritage management and territory management in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Director of the Museum of Mação. President of the Instituto Terra e Memória. Deputy Director of the Geosciences Center of the Univ.de Coimbra. Author and co-author of around 90 books and 300 articles.