Carlos Manuel Faísca holds a degree in History (2007) from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon and a PhD in Economics (2019) from the University of Extremadura, with a dissertation on the cork industry in the Alentejo region. This work was awarded First Honorable Mention of the Jorge Gelman Prize, granted biennially by the Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria for the best doctoral research in the Ibero-American space, as well as the Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado, awarded by the University of Extremadura for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of Social Sciences. He is currently a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Coimbra, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts of the same university, and President of the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History. His research interests focus on Economic and Agrarian History.