| 2014 | Post Doctorate University of Münster – Germany Advisor: Professor Bernd Hellingrath |
| 2013 | D.Sc. – Doctorate in Production Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil Thesis Advisors: Professors Felipe Scavarda and Rui Sousa. |
| 2009 | Master of Science in Production Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil |
| 1979 | Master of Arts in Demography University of Paris I, Institut de Démographie – France. |
| 1977 | Licentiate in Political Sciences Political Sciences Institute, Bordeaux – France. Final grade: 9 out of 71; 1st foreigner in the class. |