Journalist, television newsreader and Deputy Director of RTP. With a degree in sociology, he began his professional career in 1989 at Rádio Comercial and worked for Antena 1 and TSF, before moving to television two years later. He became an anchor at RTP and presented various news programmes. He moved to SIC between 2000 and 2001 before returning to RTP, where he became Deputy Director of Information and Deputy Director of RTPN. He spent half a year heading up information for the new Channel 11 before once more returning to RTP.
Researcher Coordinator at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences. He got a PhD in Political Science from Ohio State University in 2003. His research interests include public opinion, elections and the relationship between justice and politics. His work has appeared in academic journals such as the "American Journal of Political Science", "Comparative Political Studies", the "European Journal of Political Research", "Political Research Quarterly", "West European Politics" and "Experimental Economics", to name but a few.
