Sara Nunes has a bachelor's and master's degree in Sociology from Iscte-IUL. Throughout her academic career, she has explored quantitative and qualitative research methods, having developed a master's dissertation on the processes of formation and transformation of female identities, a research based on the biographical method and the analysis of life lines. 

She began her research journey 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 Policies and Social Intervention.

Since 2023, she is a research assistant at CoLABOR, as part of the DataLabor (Statistical and Legal Data Platform) team, in which she participates in the INCA (European Union-funded) and ManaGender (FCT-funded) projects, as well as in the statistical platform LxSTAT.

Her research interests include gender inequalities, poverty and social exclusion, mixed methodologies and multi-methods.