Sara Nunes holds a bachelor's degree (2020) and a master's degree in Sociology (2024) from Iscte-IUL. Throughout her academic career, she has deepened her knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods, developing a master's thesis on the processes of formation and transformation of female identities, a research based on the biographical method and life line analysis. In 2026, she completed a postgraduate degree in Data Analysis in Social Sciences at the same institution.

She began her research career in 2019 at CIES-Iscte, where she participated in several research projects related to the development of diagnostic studies, strategic documents, and project/program evaluation models in the areas of Sociology of Education, Public Policy, and Social Intervention. Since 2023, she has been a research assistant at CoLABOR, working in the maintenance and development team of DataLABOR (Statistical and Legal Data Platform) and in the research projects ManaGender (funded by FCT) and Femena (funded by the European Union), among others.

Her research interests include topics such as social and gender inequalities, poverty and social exclusion, mixed methodologies, and multimethod approaches. 

sara.nunes@colabor.pt