My academic background lies in the intersection between economics, business and entrepreneurial processes. I have a bachelor's degree in Economics (1999), a Master of Science in Industrial Economics (2002), and a Ph.D. in Business Sciences (2008) from Middlesex University - London, UK, where I also completed a PgCert in Research Methods. In 1999, I joined the School of Technology and Management, as a founder staff member, allowing me to accompany its development since the first day. I have also been part of the team that founded CIICESI, becoming, in 2021, its director. During my academic and scientific career, I have focused on different aspects of entrepreneurial processes, namely those related to entrepreneurial and social innovation, international entrepreneurship, family business entrepreneurship and inter-firm collaboration. These themes deserved both a qualitative and quantitative approach, to explore the phenomena from different perspectives. Over the years I have been accumulating several management positions within the academia, most of them related to the management of teams. My previous positions as director of the Bachelor in Business Sciences and the Master in International Management have contributed to the professional development of many professionals (some of them remained in academia). Currently, I coordinate a department with 10 degrees (3 technical degrees; 2 bachelors degrees and 5 masters degrees). Additionally, I am the director of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Business Sciences and Information Systems, where I have the opportunity to directly impact the career development of the research team.  I could also impact the career development of many researchers directly (both nationally and internationally), as supervisor of their research (PhDs: 6 completed and 7 ongoing; MSc: 30 completed and 4 ongoing). In addition, I have also been involved in external examination boards of 16 PhDs and 20 MScs in many universities across Europe. I have contributed to the scientific community in many ways:  ·       As an expert on National accreditation Agencies (Portugal and Lithuania); ·       Chair for one international Conference and organising scientific committees of many others; ·       Peer Review activities for the Smart Specialisation Strategy for Research and Innovation (RIS3) as invited international expert for the European Commission DG JRC ·       My scientific production ·       Member of several journals¿ Editorial Boards and Reviewer for many more; ·       Participation in a few national and international projects, funded by institutions of diverse nature; ·       Very active in Erasmus mobilities across Europe in more than 10 different countries; ·       Participating as an external jury in many national recruitment competitions and on expert title juries. In what relates to my contribution to society there are some aspects that I need to highlight. The expert evaluation processes in both Portugal and Lithuania have contributed to the development of many Higher Education Institutions. In addition, the Peer Review activities for the Smart Specialisation Strategy for Research and Innovation (RIS3) as an invited international expert for the European Commission DG JRC allowed me to contribute to the formulation of policies in the Greek region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace The projects I have been involved range from a local level (with intervention in particular cities) to the international level (acting as a member of international projects funded by different agencies. During my academic career, I have contributed to scientific production in many ways:  · 12 Edited books with international scope · 11 special issues in indexed journals · Contributed to one encyclopedia · 59 papers published in international scientific journals;  · 19 book chapters · More than 120 presentations at international scientific conferences.