Professor at Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Aveiro. Post-doctorate researcher at the University of Aveiro. Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Aveiro. PhD in Tourism and Sufficiency Researcher in "New Features and Sustainability in Tourism" from the University of Salamanca (Spain), Degree in Management from the International University of Lisbon. Coordinator of the “Gandara TourSensations”, an integrated model of local Coastal Tourism Development in Rural Areas in the Central Region of Portugal (Aproved by Tourism of Portugal). Member of the research group on coastal areas of the University of Aveiro and a member of the research unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP).