Teaching Philosophy
My teaching is closely integrated with my research in political philosophy. I approach teaching as an extension of inquiry: courses are structured around contemporary debates in distributive justice, democratic theory, and institutional design, and regularly incorporate findings from ongoing research projects.
Across undergraduate and graduate levels, I aim to combine conceptual rigor, argumentative precision, and engagement with real-world policy questions.
Areas of Teaching
I have taught across BA, MA, and doctoral programs in the following areas:
Political Philosophy
Theories of Justice
Ethics and Applied Ethics
Liberalism and Republicanism
Public Reason and Democratic Legitimacy
Contemporary Political Thought
Philosophy of Work and Social Policy
At the graduate level, I regularly teach seminars on distributive justice, basic income, predistribution, and democratic equality, integrating current research into advanced discussion formats.
Graduate Supervision
Since 2016, I have supervised:
1 Postdoctoral researcher
14 PhD dissertations
10 MA dissertations
Doctoral supervision has frequently involved competitive funding schemes (FCT doctoral grants) and international co-supervision with scholars at institutions such as Oxford, Sciences Po Paris, University of Barcelona, University of Linz, and Tampere University.
Research topics supervised include:
Universal Basic Income
Public reason and democratic legitimacy
Labor justice and domination
Refugee distribution
Republican citizenship
Behavioral economics and moral choice
Just war theory and emerging technologies
Many supervised students have presented at international conferences, published research, and integrated into European and global academic networks.
Research-Based Pedagogy
My pedagogical approach integrates:
Structured normative debates
Institutional case analysis
Public policy simulations
Advanced research seminars
Funded research projects such as UBIEXP and UBIECO have directly informed graduate seminars, dissertation topics, and collaborative student research initiatives.
The aim is not only to transmit philosophical knowledge but to train independent researchers capable of contributing to contemporary debates in political theory and public policy.
Academic Program Leadership
Director, MA in Political Philosophy (since 2018)
Head of the Department of Philosophy
Contributor to the development of a new Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) undergraduate program
These roles involve curriculum design, supervision structures, internationalization efforts, and the integration of research and teaching at institutional level.