Sónia Bernardo Correia has a degree in Management from ISEG, a postgraduate degree in Heritage and Cultural Projects and a master's degree in Sociology, both from ISCTE-IUL. She has worked as a management consultant for various companies and associations and collaborates in the management of a design agency. She has participated in various projects under the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) as a researcher.

Her research interests are gender inequalities, life course and the sociology of culture. As a result of past professional experiences, she has also developed interests in the areas of youth and childhood, namely in ethical debates, data privacy in research and public policies aimed at them.

She recently submitted her doctoral thesis in Sociology at ISCTE-IUL entitled “Centers and Peripheries of Gender - professional trajectories of Portuguese visual artists”.