Experience & Competences
Experience
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Regional Science Policy & Practice (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802)
SADF’s Regional Co-operation Research Programme Director (http://sadf.eu/new/);
Coordinator of the Group for Nature Conservation and Management at the Azores University, in Angra, Portugal (www.ggcn.uac.pt/en/);
Member of the Research Centre for Applied Economics of the Atlantic based in Ponta Delgada (www.ceeapla.uac.pt);
Coordinator of the Master on the Management of Nature Conservation (www.ggcn.uac.pt/mgcn_eng/index2.html);
Co-Coordinator of the PhD on Interdisciplinary Management of the Landscape (joint PhD with the University of Évora and the Technical University of Lisbon) (http://www.icaam.uevora.pt/ensino/doutoramentos/PhD-on-Interdisciplinary-Landscape-Management);
Lecturer on: economics (undergraduate); regional and urban economics (undergraduate, master and doctorate programmes), environmental economics (master), cost-benefit analysis (master) and agricultural economics (undergraduate) (www.uac.pt);
More than ten year experience in cooperation projects with Cape-Vert, Angola, East Timor and São Tomé e Principe
Research group, involving around ten researchers undertake studies on regional sustainable development, integrated water management, marine resources’ economics, agricultural economics and cost-benefit analysis (www.angra.uac.pt/ggcn/en/index.html);
Director Executive of the Regional Science Association International (www.regionalscience.org);
President of the Azores Association for Science and Development (www.acda.pt);
Was President of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (www.apdr.pt);
Was Member of the European Organizing Committee (EOC) (ersa.org);
Was Director of a daily newspaper a União 2000-2007
Scientific Events Organizer
July 8-9, 2022 - 15th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, Centro Cultural e de Congressos de Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal - https://pej2022.weebly.com/
February 25, 2022 - Workshop on Enquadramento Científico das Hipóteses de Povoamento dos Açores antes do Século XV, Salão Nobre do Palacete Silveira e Paulo, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores - https://workshop2022.weebly.com/
December 20, 2021 - ACDA & RSPP Workshop on Sustainable Development, Democracy and Election Rules, Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal - https://acdaworkshop2021.weebly.com/
November 4, 2021 - Seminar on Spatial Econometrics, Serviço Regional de Estatística dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal - https://spatialeconometrics.weebly.com/
November 1-2, 2021 - RSPP Workshop on Pandemics, Location and Mobility, Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal - https://rsppworkshop2021.weebly.com/
September 16-17, 2021 - 28th APDR Congress with the theme Green and inclusive transitions in Southern European regions: What can we do better? . Vila Real, Portugal - http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2021
January 29, 2021 - Webinar “Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Territorial Inequalities Policies". RSPP-EUREAL
September 10-11, 2020 - 27th APDR Congress with the theme Sustainable Management of the Sea for Sustainable Regional Development. Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2020/
May 29 – June 1, 2018 - 12th World Congress of RSAI, "Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability", Goa, India - http://regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress/
December 20, 2017 - Symposium, on the theme How to recover/heal communities, wellbeing and create resilient places from the ashes of wildfires? Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal - http://symposiumwildfires.weebly.com/
October 2-4, 2016 - Symposium, on the theme Regional Development in Western Asia; a Regional Science Perspective, at Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan and a Workshop, at the Dilijan Training and Research Centre of central bank of Armenia, Dilijan, Armenia - regionalscience.org/armenia2016/
May 30-31, 2016 - 23rd APDR Congress with the theme Sustainability of Territories in the Context of Global Changes. Marrakech, Marocco - http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2016/
April 25-28, 2016 - 11th World Congress of RSAI, Istanbul, Turkey - www.2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org/
March 17, 2016 - 24º Workshop APDR, Lisboa, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_24
January 26, 2016 - 23º Workshop APDR, Braga, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_23
August 25-29, 2015 - 21º Congress of APDR joint with ERSA 2015, Lisboa, Portugal - www.ersalisbon2015.org/
July 3-5, 2015 - 9th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - apdr.pt/pej2015/
June 20, 2015 - Conference ‘Sustainable Growth, Decent Employment and Business’, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - www.acda.pt/parlamento2015/
June 19-20, 2015 - 3º Congress ACDA , Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - http://www.congresso2015.acda.pt/
June 1-4, 2015 - Summer Course, on the theme Interdisciplinary Analysis and Policies for Regional Sustainability, at Dilijan, Armenia - regionalscience.org/armenia2015/
April 24, 2015 - 22º Workshop APDR, Ponte de Lima, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_22
November 27, 2014 - 21º Workshop APDR, Lisboa, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_21
July 10-11, 2014 - 20º Congress APDR, Évora, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2014
June 27-29, 2014 - 2º Congress ACDA, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - congressoacda2014.weebly.com/
May 26-30, 2014 - 10th World Congress of RSAI, Ayutthaya, Thailand - www.2014worldcongress.regionalscience.org/
April 27-28, 2014 - 20º Workshop APDR, Fátima, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_20
February 21, 2014 - 2º Workshop ACDA, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - workshopafrica.weebly.com/
December 20, 2013 - 1º Workshop ACDA, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - theworkshopacda.weebly.com/
December 6, 2013 - Short Course and Workshop, with the theme Interdisciplinary Analysis and Policies for Regional Sustainability, in Yerevan, Armenia - armenia2013.regionalscience.org/
November 29, 2013 - 19º Workshop APDR, Faro, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_19
July 26-27, 2013 - 1º Congress ACDA, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - congressoacda2013.weebly.com/
July 20-21, 2013 - 19º Congress APDR, Braga, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2013
June 16-18, 2013 - NECTAR 2013, International Conference, Ponta Delgada, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/NECTAR2013conference
April 19, 2013 - 17º Workshop APDR, Aveiro, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_17
April 3, 2013 - 16º Workshop APDR, Évora, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_16
October 24, 2012 - 15º Workshop APDR, Évora, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_15
October 9, 2012 - 14º Workshop APDR, Setúbal, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_14
July 14-16, 2012 - 18º Congress APDR, Faro, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2012
June 8, 2012 - 13º Workshop APDR, Ponta Delgada, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_13
June 4-9, 2012 - 2nd RSAI Summer Course - Regional and Urban Economics, Operational models of regional economies and spatial econometrics, held at the Campus of Ponta Delgada, University of Azores, Portugal
April 25, 2012 - Workshop on Development Sustainable in Africa, Huambo, Angola - www.apdr.pt/Encontros/Huambo
February 15, 2012 - 12º Workshop APDR, Leiria, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_12
November 11, 2011 - 11º Workshop APDR, Aveiro, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_11
September 16-17, 2011 - NECTAR Cluster 1 Workshop, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/NECTAR
June 29 – July 2, 2011 - 17º Congress APDR, Bragança-Zamora, Portugal and Spain - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2011
June 13-21, 2011 - 1st RSAI Summer Course - Regional and Urban Economics, Theory, Analysis and Operational Models, held at the Campus of Angra do Heroísmo, University of Azores, Portugal
April 15, 2011 - 10º Workshop APDR, Covilhã, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_10
February 11, 2011 - 9º Workshop APDR, Braga, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_9
December 16, 2010 - 8º Workshop APDR, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_8
November 17, 2010 - 7º Workshop APDR, Elvas, Portugal and XXXVI Reunión de Estudios Regionales - AECR – Badajoz, Spain - www.apdr.pt/evento_7
July 5-10, 2010 - 16º Congress APDR, Madeira - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2010
May 1-5, 2010 - Advanced Course on Regional Economy Operating Models, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
April 30, 2010 - 6º Workshop APDR, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_6
February 08, 2010 - 5º Workshop APDR, Coimbra, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_5
November 23, 2009 - 4º Workshop APDR, Porto, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_4
July 6-11, 2009 - 15º Congress APDR, Cape Verde - www.apdr.pt/congresso/2009
April 27, 2009 - 3º Workshop APDR, Ponta Delgada, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_3
March 13, 2009 - 2º Workshop APDR, Évora, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_2
November 28, 2008 - 1º Workshop APDR, Lisboa, Portugal - www.apdr.pt/evento_1