He holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. An integrated researcher at LabCom – Communication Laboratory, he is a faculty member at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), where he teaches courses in Theories and Methods. He coordinates ODEPOL – the Observatory of Political Disinformation and has conducted studies on the impact of disinformation on Portuguese electoral campaigns, funded by the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC) and widely covered by the media. He is the editor of the trilogy Online Hate Speech (LabCom & Icesi Colombia, 2024) and of the book Hate Speech on Social Media: A Global Approach (LabCom & EdiPUCE Ecuador, 2023), bringing together contributions from authors from various countries. The author of more than one hundred scientific publications, he has participated in 15 nationally and internationally funded research projects, including the European project Cooperhate – Multidisciplinary Cooperation Approach to Prevent and Counter Hate Crime and Hate Speech. He coordinates RIJICOM – the Ibero-American Network of Young Communication Researchers and the Intercultural Communication WG of Sopcom. As part of these activities, he has given more than 70 interviews to media outlets. His current research interests include the study of the pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy, journalistic genres, digital methods, online hate speech, and social media analysis.