• Ethics
• Political Philosophy
• Philosophy of Language

2005–2008

• Post-PhD research project sponsored by Fundação Para a Ciência e Tecnologia:
  The Critic to Political Philosophy of Rawls in the Perspective of the Philosophy of Language of Wittgenstein.

2007–2010

• Project sponsored by Fundação Para a Ciência e Tecnologia:
  Global Justice and International Terrorism.

2008-2009 

• The Impact of Rawls’ Theory of Justice on the conceptualization of European Union.

2008-2011

•  Post-PhD research project sponsored by Fundação Para a Ciência e Tecnologia: 
                                                          Global Justice, Political Liberalism and Sovereignity.

 Books

• Justiça Social e Estabilidade [Social Justice and Stability], Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, Lisbon — forthcoming

Chapters of Books

• “Ambiguities in Political Philosophy of Rawls, in Proceedings of the International Meeting What is Political Philosophy?, Institute of Philosophy of Language, New University of Lisbon — forthcoming.
• “Règles, Normativité  et Cas Concret ”, Cadernos de Filosofia (forthcoming).
• “Seeing-as and forms of Life”, in Beiträge Papers, 30th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg-am-Wechsel, Austria, from 5-11 August, 2007.
• "Civil Disobedience, Individual Consciousness and the Political", in Proceedings of International Conference "Hannah Arendt and the Political", Cadernos de Filosofia, 19-20, Edições Colibri, Lisbon, 2006.
• “Normativity, Experience and Concrete Case”, in Beiträge Papers, 29th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg-am-Wechsel, Austria, from 6-12 August, 2006.

Papers

• “Political Representation and Deliberative Democracy”, in Cadernos de Filosofia, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Edições Colibri, Lisbon — forthcoming.  
• “Pluralism, Violence and Human Rights”, in Res-Publica, 5-6, 2007, pp. 151-157
• “The Veil  of Ignorance in Political Philosophy of Rawls”, in Dictionary of Political Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy of Language,  New University of Lisbon, 2006.
• “Congruence, Stability and Justice in Political Theory of John Rawls”, in Res-Publica, 3-4, 2005, pp. 189-202.
• “The concept of Reasonable in Political Theory of Rawls”, in Meta-Crítica, nº3, 2004.
• “The importance of Kant in Contemporary Political Philosophy”, in Meta-Crítica, nº 5, 2004.
• “Business Ethics: Cynical or Genuine Perspective?”, in Revista de Comunicação e Marketing, ISCEM, nº 4, 2004, pp.128-135. 
• “The Equal Citizenship in  Political Philosophy of John Rawls”, in Meta-Crítica, nº 2, 2003, pp. 79-90.
• “Ethics, Politics and Education”, in Inovação, 3, nº 1 e nº 2, 1990, pp. 39-46.    

 2008

•  “Global Justice, Political Liberalism and Sovereignty”, Seminar on Global Justice and International Terrorism  , Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon , 24 April.
• “Rules, Judgements and Everyday Life”, Seminar on Language, Forms of Life, and Consciousness’, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon, 7 April.
• “Global Justice and Sovereignty”, University of Minho, 13th  March.

2007

• “Ambiguities in Political Philosophy of Rawls”, in Proceedings of the International Meeting What is Political Philosophy?, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon , 27-28 November.
• Seeing-as and Forms of Life, 30º International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg-am-Wechsel, Austria, from 5-11 August.
• “Pluralism and Political Life”, in Values and the European Union, Liberal Neutrality, Perfectionism, and Supranationalism, New College, University of Edinburgh, 19th and 20th June.
• “The Critique of Sandel and Nozick to Rawls’ Theory of Justice”, in Master of Ethics and Politics, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon , 19^th April. 

2006

• “Civil Disobedience, Individual Consciousness and the Political”, International Conference “Hannah Arendt and the Political”, Institute of Philosophy of Language, New University of Lisbon, 17th and 18th November.
• “Some limitations of Kantian’s Conception of Publicity of Principles of Justice in A Theory of Justice”, XII National Meeting of Philosophy, ANPOF, Salvador, Brazil, from 23 th to 27th October.
• “Normativity, Experience and Concrete Case”, 29º International Wittgenstein Symposium, em Kirchberg-am-Wechsel, Austria, from 6-12 August.
• “Taylor’s Critique of the Personality Principle of Morals”, Seminar of Political Thought, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon, 3rd May.  
• “Rules, Normativity and Concrete Case”, International Conference about Expression, Communication and Sensus Communis, Institute of Philosophy of Language, New University of Lisbon, from 4 to 6 de April.

2005

•  “Political Representation and Deliberative Democracy”, Seminar Advanced Studies on Representation, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon, 27^th May. 
• “The Sense of Justice in Political Theory of Rawls”, Seminar Philosophy of Emotions, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon, 14th April. 

1998 

• “Ethics and Citizenship”, Meeting about Citizenship, Institute of National Defence. 

• Editor in Proceedings of International Conference “Hannah Arendt and the Political”, at the Institute of Philosophy of Language, New University of Lisbon, 17th and 18th November, 2006.
• Editor, in Great Universal Encyclopaedic, Durclub, Lisbon, 2004. 
• Consultant for the book Education for Citizenship, Mendo Castro Henriques e João Reis, Plátano Editora, Lisbon, 1999