He is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Humanities Department of the University of Lisbon, where he teaches political philosophy, the history of contemporary ideas and European studies. He holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from FLUL and conducted post-doctoral research on federalism (modern and contemporary thought). He is the author of several articles and books, including: «Reason and Liberty. The Political Thought of James Madison» (Esfera do Caos, 2012), «Challenges to Democratic Participation. Antipolitics, Deliberative Democracy, and Pluralism» (co-editor, Lexington Books, 2014) and «Contemporary Political Theories» (co-editor, Documenta, 2016). He regularly contributes to the media as a political commentator on US-related issues.