Biography

Tomás Ponce Dentinho has a Degree in economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1975-1980); Three years of the Agronomy course and two years of the Course in Landscape Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon (1976-1979); Master in economics, specializing in regional economics, from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon (1985-1987). PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1990-1994). Postgraduate studies in Environmental Economics from the Harvard Institute for International Development (1999).

Professor at the University of the Azores since 1987. Coordinator of the Master in Nature Management and Conservation (2000-2018). Coordinator of the PhD in Interdisciplinary Landscape Management (2008-2018). Representative of the Association of Higher Planning and Planning Schools (AESOP) at the University of the Azores.

In addition to being a professor at the University of the Azores, he was Director of the Jornal Diário a União (2000-2007); Vice-President of the Nature Conservation Institute (1996-1998); worked to support local authorities at the Regional Secretariat for Public Administration of the Azores (1985-1987); collaborated on the Porto Master Plan at the Urban Planning Office of the Porto City Council (1983-1985); participated in the process of negotiating Portugal's accession to Europe in the Office of the Minister of State and Quality of Life (1982-1983); he was an aspirant at the Practical Infantry School of Mafra (1981-1982), worked at the Foreign Investment Institute (1980-1981) and was a monitor at the Faculty of Law of Lisbon (1979-1981).

He is a member of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR), the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Portuguese Association for the Development of Operational Research (APDIO).

He was President of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (2008-2015), Member of the Council of the Regional Science Association International and Executive Director of the Regional Science Association International (2011-2018) having brought the headquarters of this association to Portugal in July 2011. He is Chief Editor of the International Scientific Journal Regional Science Police and Practice since 2017. He also was the Director of the Regional Cooperation Research Program at SADF's (2016-2022).

In themes of regional economics, urbanism, operational research, environment and agriculture, it has several scientific articles published in national and international journals with arbitration; several communications at national and international scientific congresses; over two hundred articles published in newspapers. More than a dozen interviews on Radio and Television. More than a dozen conferences in Universities in Portugal, Spain, France, Holland, Colombia, China, Angola, Cape Verde, Egypt and Timor.