«The re-definition of the Portuguese Security and Defense Policy», paper presented at Jornadas Portugal e a União Europeia, organized by Professor Manuel Gonçalves Martins of the University of Minho, Auditório da Biblioteca Municipal de Barcelos (December 6, 2005).

«Turkey: the East that wants to be West?», paper presented at the Seminar The Social, the Economic and the International in the Europe of the Europeans in Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra (May 19, 2005).

«Ethics and citoyenneté: the challenge of the new values», paper presented at the Conference Living with Wisdom at the national day of the Seniors Universities, Auditório da Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Porto (April 14, 2005).

«The challenges to the Civic Education in a context of ethical change», paper presented at the Seminar The Civic Education and the National Defence organized by IDN-Instituto da Defesa Nacional at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto (November 5, 2004).

«The Globalization of Human Rights: An Agenda for the European Union» in the Conference The Globalization of Human Rights organized by Associação Académica de Coimbra at Universidade de Coimbra (March 4, 2004).