Associate Professor at Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais da Universidade do Algarve and researcher at Linguistics Research Centre of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. President of the European Language Council/Conseil Européen pour les Langues. Main areas of research: lexicology, terminology, language policies and language learning. Member of projects in the following areas: multlingual terminology, multilingualism, intercultural communication and linguistic diversity.