Born in 1972, Oporto, Portugal. Degree in Agronomic Engineering, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, 1996. MsC in Sociology, Universidade do Minho, 2006. PhD in Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2015. Since 2017: Auxiliary Professor, Instituto Politรฉcnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 1996-2017: Assistant Professor, Instituto Politรฉcnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Main Research Interests: Rural demography, rural development, community-based development, rural tourism and ecotourism, socio-ecological systems analysis. Integrated member Investigation Unit proMetheus โ€“ research unit on Materials, Energy and Environment for Sustainability. Portuguese Rural Studies Society Board Member since 2017.

Main Publications:

Nogueira, J., Simรตes, S., Araรบjo, J.P., Santos, J.C., Santos, A., 2021, Montanhas vivas, comunidades resilientes, ARDAL, Arcos de Valdevez. ISBN: 978-989-54213-7-4.

Nogueira, J., Simรตes, S., 2020 Os desafios da revitalizaรงรฃo de aldeias de montanha e da gestรฃo sustentรกvel de agroecossistemas multifuncionais na Montanha do Alto Minho (Portugal), Brazilian Journal of Agroecology and Sustainability 1(2): 95-114. Disponรญvel em: http://journals.ufrpe.br/index.php/BJAS/article/view/3805

Nogueira, J., Simรตes, S., Araรบjo, J. P., 2020, Mountain agriculture and pastoralismo in Northwest Portugal โ€“ transition to sustainable multifunctionality?. In Krawczyk, W., 2020, European Structural Measures for Mountain Farming in the context of domestic needs and expectations, National Research Institute of Animal Production (Poland): 103-120. ISBN 978-83-7697-361-3.

Nogueira, J., 2020, Regresso ao futuro: soluรงรตes simples para problemas complexos, in Rodrigues, A. (coord.) Guia para o Saneamento Ecolรณgico Global: 5-6 (Ebook; disponรญvel em http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/2415)

Simรตes, O., Nogueira, J., Moreno, L., 2018, Aprender a coexistir com o fogo, In Simรตes, O. (ed.), 2018, O rural depois do fogo, ESAC/IPC e SPER, ISBN: 978-972-99205-8-5; Coimbra: 259-269.

Main Projects:

OCDE Fostering and assessing students’ creative and critical thinking skills in higher education (2019-2022).

FORVALUE: gestiรณn innovadora para la valorizaciรณn y resiliencia del espรกcio Forestal [Projeto 0577_FORVALUE EP – INTERREG V A Espaรฑa Portugal (POCTEP)] (2019-2021)

ยซAcontece in Loco โ€“ Montanha do Alto Minhoยป (Coordenaรงรฃo). PDR2020-2024-032825 (2018-2021).

TERR@ALVA: Definiรงรฃo e influรชncia do terroir na qualidade do vinho Alvarinho – POCI-01-0145-FEDER-024328 (2017-2019)

TERR@ENO – Terroir e zonagem agro-ecolรณgica como fator crรญtico de competitividade e inovaรงรฃo dos Vinhos Verdes. UTAD e IPVC. Operaรงรฃo NORTE-02-0853-FEDER-000113 (2018-2020)