Born in Oporto and graduated in Architecture in 2000 at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Oporto, Portugal. Since 2018, he is independent expert of European Commission for spatial and urban planning issues. In 2017 finished a Posdoctoral period of 4 years in Brazil, Portugal and UK, about the application of Space Syntax (from University College London) to urban Planning. Ph.D in Spatial Planning and Territorial Development at the University of Santiago de Compostela, 2013. In 2011 completed a Master in “Management in Sustainable Land Use Planning” in the University of Santiago de Compostela. In 2008 completed a postgraduate degree in “Environmental Management and Land Use Planning” in the Superior Institute of Viana do Castelo. Independent expert of European Commission for Urban Planning issues and member of European Science Foundation. Currently, he is researcher at the University Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Portugal and associate researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Current research interests: Urban and rural development; Spatial planning; Land use planning; Space syntax; Urban resilience and inequalities; Architecture, Heritage and landscape; Space Syntax.