Member of research centres:
Member of the Interdisciplinary Legal Institute of the University of Porto (from 2007).

Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Política & Direito”/”Law & Politics”;
Member of the Editorial Board of International Studies on Law and Education;
Member of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese Language Law Journal.

Member of international research projects:
Member of the research team for the design of a “Manual on Judicial Systems in West Africa – a Comparative Study” (2013), made up of German and African academics and organised by the Hans Seidel Foundation, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen and the Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis/Senegal.

Teaching or research activity in other Higher Education Institutions:
Professor at the Faculty of Law of Bissau, since 1991;
Professor at IPBeja [Co-Regency in the 1st Semester of 2012/2013: Political Science and Constitutional Law; Anglo-American Rights;
Teaching in the 2nd Semester of 2012/2013: European Union Law; Human Rights and Fundamental Rights;
Teaching in 2013/2014: Constitutional Law; Administrative Law I; European Union Law;
Teaching in 2014/2015: Constitutional and European Law; Administrative Law I; Administrative Law II].

Other Professional Activities:
Lawyer (1990-1996);
Head of ministerial offices and Legal Adviser from 1990 to 1996;
Judge Counsellor of the Supreme Court of Justice for 15 years (1996-2011).

Most relevant publications:
“Rule of Law – Paradigm Zero”;

Between Liposuction and Dispensability” (PhD thesis in Legal and Political Sciences: Constitutional Law – defended in 2006 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon), Coimbra, Almedina, 2007;

“O Constitucionalismo Guineense e os Limites Materiais de Revisão”, Lisbon, AAFDL, 1997;

“As Constituições dos Estados de Língua Portuguesa – Uma Visão Comparativa” [MIRANDA, Jorge/KOSTA, E. KAFFT], Curitiba/Lisbon, Juruá, 2013;

“Legislação Económica da Guiné-Bissau” [KOSTA, Emílio KAFFT/BORGES, Ricardo Henriques da PALMA], Coimbra, Almedina, 2005;

“Guiné-Bissau: A Protecção da Criança no Direito Positivo” [KOSTA, Emílio KAFFT/EMBALÓ, Helena N. – study finalised in 1995], Bissau, Radda Barnen/UNICEF/LGDH edition, 2000;

“Les Droits Fondamentaux, La Plateforme Herméneutique et la Judicature – ou le Juge entre L’Embrassement au Ciel et le Désembrassement de la Terre, in Cahiers de l’AOA-HJF, 2003;

“O Poder Judicial – Entre a Jurisdiarquia, a Independência e a Jurisprudência dos Interesses(do Eu, do Estado, dos Chefes, do Regime e Outros Que Tais)”, in BFDB, no. 8, Lisbon, AAFDL, p. 153-173. – Idem: separata ao BFDB, n.º 8, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2011;

Bombe Atomique Présidentielle: La Dissolution du Parlement, in Estudos de Homenagem ao Prof. Doutor Jorge Miranda, vol. I, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2012, p. 611-634;

The Local Globalisation of Sovereignty, in Estudos em Homenagem ao Prof. Doutor Gomes Canotilho, vol. II, Coimbra Editora, 2013;

“International Criminal Court and Lusophone Africa – Superficial Archaeology of a Relationship of Mistrust”: lecture given as part of the Commemoration of the Centenary of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon [at the International Meeting “International Criminal Law, ICC and the Perspective of Portuguese-speaking Africa”, Lisbon, 31 October to 1 November 2013] – publication in progress;

“Sovereignty, Constitution and Constitutional Justice: Dialogue with Rousseau Today, at a Crossroads in History”: Liber Amicorum Professor Doctor Fausto de Quadros (in the process of being published);

“Plaidoyer for a Constitutional Renewal and a Reconstitution of the State”: Closing conference of the Colloquium of the National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau, under the theme “Guinea-Bissau, 20 Years of Democracy – Balance and Challenges” (Bissau, October 2014; publication in progress).