PhD candidate in ‘Democracia no Seculo XXI’ at the Center of Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, and in Political Science at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Gent. His research is focused on the analysis of the effects of the Euro-crisis on the legitimacy of democracy. He graduated in Political Science at the University of Gent, with a MA degree in International Relations and Global Governance, complemented with a Master in Complementary Economics.