Duval Fernandes holds a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1975), a master's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1977) and a PhD in Demography from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1996). He has a post-doctoral degree from the Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega Y Gasset of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is a visiting professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, a researcher at Socius - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) of the University of Lisbon and an adjunct professor IV at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, in the Postgraduate Program in Geography and in the Department of Economics. He has experience in the area of Demography, with emphasis on Mortality and International Migration. Research Productivity Fellow - CNPq.