Graduated in Systems Engineering and Informatics at the University of Minho in 1994; obtained his Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Certification (PAPCC) at the University of Minho in 1988, and a PhD in Informatics (Information Systems) by the University of Minho in 1995. He joined the University of Minho, as a monitor, in 1982, and became a Trainee Assistant in the field of Computer Science and the control of ​​the Scientific and Pedagogical Engineering Unit in 1984. He developed his teaching activity in the areas of Information Systems Planning and Management and Information Society. His primary research interests are Information Systems in social and organizational contexts, in particular in the field of public administration. In this context, he published 400 studies (22 books; 20 book chapters; 30 journal articles; 226 conference papers; 102 technical reports).
Within the scope of the activity of interaction with society and at the University, the following positions stand out:
 

• Member of the General Council of the University of Minho from 2013 to 2021
• Director of Casa do Conhecimento at the Universiade do Minho from 2019 to 2021
• Scientific Coordinator of Gávea - Information Society Observatory since 2000
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of CCG - Centro de Computação Gráfica from 2005 to 2020
• Member of the School Council of Escola de Engenharia from 2013 to 2019 and President from 2013 to 2016
• Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Régie Cooperativa VARD2015 - Vale do Ave Digital Region from 2008 to 2016
• Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Associação CEDT - Center of Excellence in Transaction Dematerialization from 2008 to 2016
• General Coordinator for Cooperation Affairs with Timor-Leste - FUP Portuguese Universities Foundation from 2011 to 2015
• Member of the Board of Directors of Avepark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia SA from 2007 to 2011 and President from 2011 to 2012
• Member of the Executive Board of the Carlos Lloyd Braga Foundation from 2010 to 2012
• President of the National Council of the College of Informatics Engineering of the Ordem dos Engenheiros from 2010 to 2016
• Pro-Rector of the University of Minho from 2006 to 2009
• Director of the Information Systems Department from 2005 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012
• Director of the Master in Information Systems from 2001 to 2002 and 2016 to 2017 (and editions in Mozambique from 1999 to 2002 and Timor from 2009 to 2010)
• Coordinator of the Virtual Campus Project at the University of Minho (e-UM) from 2003 to 2006
• Coordinator of Postgraduate Activities at the School of Engineering from 2002 to 2004
• Coordinator of Postgraduate Activities of the Department of Information Systems from 1999 to 2004
• Coordinator of the Intervention Center in Organizational Systems at IDITE Minho - Institute for Technological Development and Innovation of Minho from 1996 to 2002
• Course Director of the Degree in Business Informatics from 1985 to 1999