Rui Ramos is a Researcher at CTAC – Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, and an associate professor of Civil Engineering Department, Engineering School of the University of Minho. His area of expertise is Regional and Urban Systems and Territorial Planning and at CTAC coordinates the Research Area of Competence of Territorial Planning and Governance. In 1993, at UMinho, he started his regular work as a lecturer and researcher. Since then he published as author or co-author 4 books, 11 chapters of books and over 90 scientific papers in reviewed journals or presented at international conferences, and 8 PhD and several MSc students were graduated under his supervision. Moreover, since 2000, he is an invited Professor at the Department of Transportation Engineering of the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the University and at the School of Engineering he has developed several academic management activities: Member of the General Council of UMinho (since 2013); Member of the Board of the School of Engineering (2012-13); Member of the Pedagogic Council of the School of Engineering (since 2010).