Professor Manuel Vilares is a retired professor of the school he founded in 1989 and of which he was the first director (1990-1997).
He was President of the Commission for the Restructuring of the National Statistical System and President of the Board of the National Statistical Institute.
Until recently, he was Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Bank of Portugal, and was also Senior Advisor to the European Commission for statistical and economic matters in TACIS, a programme aimed at promoting the transition to market economies and strengthening democracy and the rule of law in the partner countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Over the years, he has also acted as research coordinator for several projects, the most recent of which was developed by a European consortium: “Measuring the Cultural and Creative Sectors in the EU”.