University of Algarve

The Ocean, Coastal and Land Surface Processes group integrates geophysical, geological and geochemical expertise to investigate internal and external geodynamic processes affecting terrestrial, coastal and oceanic systems, with a particular focus on natural hazards, climate change and georesource exploration.

The Short-Term Rentals and Tourism Dynamics Research Group examines short-term rentals (STRs) as a key driver of transformation within contemporary tourism systems. Focusing on European destinations, particularly in the Mediterranean region, the group analyses how STRs reshape tourism development, spatial patterns, and destination sustainability.

Throughout my professional career, I have authored/co-authored several papers published in peer-reviewed journals/book chapters. Regarding research projects, I had the opportunity to participate in twelve sponsored research projects. The impact of the projects is represented by numerous publications, as well as several oral/poster presentations at national/international conferences.

CEAACP is an interdisciplinary research unit focussing on Archaeology, Arts and Architecture including hubs at the Universities of Coimbra and Algarve and the Archaeological Field of Mértola, (an NGO with a broad vocation linked to promoting communities through historical, archaeological, landscape, architectural, and heritage).

a) Oral Literature Databases

The MarBiotech group focus its main areas of research on different biotechnological exploitations of microalgae and other marine organisms as seaweeds and halophyte plants.

CEAD's mission is to promote and carry out research activities on Adult Education and Community Intervention, build and disseminate scientific knowledge with social utility, and support planning and decision-making processes in the field. We believe that education takes place in all spaces and throughout the life cycle. We also believe that adult education can make a significant contribution to the dynamics of social change and improve the quality of life of adults, an adult being any individual from the end of adolescence to the last stages of life.

Framework: Worldwide, tourism growth has been heterogeneous, due to both global and national societal changes that led to modifications in tourists’ profiles and travel patterns, affecting host communities’ quality of life, as well as challenging and pressuring those who work in the sector. Regarding tourists, new markets are emerging as the result of new family typologies, population ageing, emergent economies, mutant values and lifestyles, and the spread of technological changes, which allow new ways of searching touristic products and services.

Framework: In tourism and hospitality industry, it is important to increase tourism expenditure and to attract visitors in a profitable way, but it is also necessary to complement these practices with the creation of authentic and memorable experiences, the increasing of the well-being of the residents, the promotion of social justice and gender equality and the preservation of natural and cultural assets.