PhD in Communication Studies: Technology, Culture and Society (FCT), from the University of Beira Interior, in a consortium with ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, University of Minho, and Lusófona University, with a thesis on communication in processes of participation and democratic deliberation, having received a doctoral scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology.
His main research interests are in communication studies, especially in the areas of public and audience studies, public sphere, deliberation and participation, journalism and science communication. He has published articles on how the public accesses information about participatory processes and on how participatory budgeting is covered in the regional press.