Professor at Instituto Politécnico do Porto – Prof. Coordinator; Director of the Department of Legal and Social Sciences ESTG/P.Porto 2017-2021; Doctor in History
Researcher at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD) of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto-Douro. FCT / MCTES R&D nº 4011 – SOC – Norte – Vila Real – 4011.
Researcher integrated in CIICESI of ESTG/P.Porto
Winner of the Dr. Artur de Magalhães Basto Prize Biennium 2002-2003 awarded to the best work written about the city of Oporto – A Igreja Católica e a Instauração do Liberalismo em Portugal. Tradition and Reformism: the political action of the bishops of Oporto D. João de Magalhães e Avelar and Frei Manuel de Santa Inês (1816-1840).
Member and founding member of APHVIN/GEHVID – Associação Portuguesa de História da Vinha e do Vinho.
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Vinho Verde – History and Heritage. APHVIN/GEHVID.
Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Douro – Vinho, História e Património – Wine, History and Heritage, owned by APHVIN/GEHVID.
Main area of research – Porto (1800-1850) Church, society and politics.
Secondary area – Innovation of teaching and learning in higher education.

Main Publications:

MARTINS, Alcina; COIMBRA, Maria Nazaré; OLIVEIRA, José António; MATURANO, Ariana (2019). Metodologias Ativas Para a Inovação e Qualidade do Ensino e Aprendizagem no Ensino Superior. Revista EDaPECI, Ano XI, vol.19, nº 3, set/dez, 122-132.

Martins, Alcina de Oliveira, Maria Nazaré Coimbra, Susana Oliveira Sa, e José António Oliveira (2020). A Marca (In)Visível Do Género Na Família: Perceções De Jovens Estudantes. Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science 9 (3), 341-54. https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2020v9i3. p341-354.

Coimbra, Maria Nazaré; Martins, Alcina Manuela, Vilariça, Lígia; Oliveira, José António (2020). PATH OF A READING PROJECT IN COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN SCHOOL AND FAMILY. 62nd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development. Book of Proceedings. Ana Lorga da Silva, Tomislav Rados, Olga V. Kourova (editors), Lisboa, 92:102. ISSN 1849-7535.

Ferreira MR, Oliveira JA e Plaskocinski P, (2020). “SIEPOMAGA.PL and Facebook as the Most Popular and Simplest Nonprofit Crowdfunding Platform in Poland”, Casos de Marketing Público y No Lucrativo, nº7, vol.7, 65-73.

Ratten, Vanesa; Braga, Vítor; Oliveira, José António (2021). Portuguese Handicrafts and Artisan Entrepreneurship. In Ratten Vanessa et al. Artisan Entrepreneurship. UK, NA, Japan, Índia, Malaysia, China: Emerald Publishing (chapter 7), 73-86. ISBN 978-1-80262-078-8

Main Projects:

2013-2015 – Participação em representação da ESTG no Projeto “Inter Gera Ação” – Candidatura ao Programa” Europa para os Cidadãos” – Ação 1- Medida 2.1 Projetos Cívicos. Programa aprovado e financiado