Profile
Emeritus Full Professor at the University of Lisbon. President of the Humanities Class and Vice-President of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (2019/2021). Geographer and Urban Planner. Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon. Visiting Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and the Universities of Umeä (1988), East Asia (Macau, 1991), and Paris X (1998 and 2003).
Holds a degree in Geography from the University of Lisbon (1960-1965) and a postgraduate diploma in Regional and Urban Analysis from the University of Lund, Sweden (1966-1968). Earned a PhD from the University of Lisbon (1972) with the dissertation The Influence Area of Évora – System of Functions and Central Places.
He has held several academic leadership roles, including Director of the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (UL), President of the Faculty Board, and Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon (1989-1990). He has led and coordinated numerous research projects in Geography, Planning, and Urban Development, funded by the EU, ESF, VW Stiftung, FCG, and INIC/JNICT/FCT.
Awards and Honours: Honour Medal of the Parish Council of Quinta do Conde (2020); Scientific Merit Medal from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education (2018); Honour Medal of the Municipality of Alvito (2017); Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (2010); University of Lisbon Award (2010); International Geocrítica Award (2007); Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of León, Geneva, and Évora; Full Member of the Academia Europaea.
Research Areas: Human Geography; Prospective Studies: Society and Territory; Urban and Regional Studies; Electoral Studies (Geography and Sociology of Elections); European Community – Integration and Territorial Transformations; Telecommunications and Regional Development
He was Technical Coordinator of the National Programme for Territorial Planning Policy (PNPOT).
Publications: Published around 40 books and over 200 articles in leading academic journals, including: Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia (Portugal); L’Espace Géographique (France); Sports Place (USA); Geografisk Annaler (Sweden); Polígonos (Spain); Progress in Human Geography (UK); International Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Research in Geographic Education; Berliner Geographische Arbeiten; Die Erde; Applied Geography; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Géographie, Économie, Société, Éditions scientifiques et médicales; Elsevier; Sud-Ouest Européen; Cadernos de Geografia; GeoJournal; Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense; Rassegna; Urban Studies; International Journal of Urban and Regional Research; Annales de Géographie; Espaces Populations Sociétés; Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale; Biblos; Lund Studies in Geography – Ser. B
Recent Publications: Geografia e Geógrafos – Colheita Tardia, Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos, Lisbon, 2024, 410 pp.; Alentejo – Apontamentos Geográficos, in Casa do Alentejo – Cultura, Liberdade e Solidariedade – 100.º Aniversário, Edições Colibri/Casa do Alentejo, Lisbon, 2023, pp. 93-110; A Centralidade de Abrantes e os Portos Fluviais do Tejo, Município de Abrantes, Abrantes, 2023, 64 pp.
Editorial Board Memberships: Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia (Portugal); L’Espace Géographique (France); Sports Place (USA); Iberian Studies (UK); Ciência Política (Portugal); Geografisk Annaler (Sweden); Polígonos (Spain); Scottish Geographical Journal (UK).
