Biography

He is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. He was a researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies at the University of Lisbon, where he took part in European projects. He has a degree in Geography from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, having dedicated his final work to the theme of 'return', entitled African memories, European place: the identity of the 'returnee'. He completed his master's degree in Population, Society and Territory at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, with the dissertation The children of the 'returnees': the African experience and the creation of memories, post-memories and representations in post-coloniality. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Lisbon, with the thesis Intra-European mobility and the welfare state: the role of social protection in the aspirations and trajectories of Portuguese migrants, exploring the relationship between migration and social protection, having carried out fieldwork in France and the United Kingdom. His main research interests are imaginary geographies, identities, memories, post-colonialism and post-memory.