Degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 from UTAD, and specialization on Agricultural and Food Economics, developed since 1987 with a internship at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Agricultural Economics Research Centre, completed with an MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Reading, UK, in 1991 and 2000, respectively on Food Chain Systems, Agricultural and Food Economics. Member of CEGE – Research Centre in Management and Economics, researches in Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policy Analysis, within transnational projects under the EU 5th and 7th Framework Programme for Research (Projects Bondscheme, Conversion, Integral, Alterfor), in FCT funded projects Bioecosys and Modfire, and the PRR funded project BestCoopMed (ongoing). Publications in international refereed journals (Food Policy, International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture and Food, European Journal of Political Research, British Food Journal, Food Research International); director for undergraduate studies (2005-2008), lecturer (since 1999) and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, Catholic University of Portugal, on Microeconomics and Environmental Economics to undergraduates, Decision Support Models, and Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policies to post graduates; consultant for agri-food industry organizations (Agros, Fenalac, Confagri, Viticultural Commission of Dão Wines), and for the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture (member of the expert group created to support CAP reform, for Portuguese governments since 2010 to 2021).