Sónia Lima born in Aveiro in 1978 and since 2019 she works and lives in Germany. Since 2023 she is an associate researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-ISCTE - Centro socioeconómico de estudos territoriais.

She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Beira Interior, a Master's in Economics from the University of Aveiro and an MBA from the University of Coimbra. She has a Ph.D. in Management - Strategy branch by ISCTE.

She is internal auditor since 2010, with a particular interest in the area of fraud, with experience at national and international levels. She worked in the biggest group of the state business sector (water and sanitation sector) in Portugal and is currently in Germany's private sector (automotive sector). She is certified in fraud (Certificated Fraud Examiner), Project Management (Prince2), and Information Security ISO/IEC 27001, these last two at foundation level. She is a member of the auditing specialty council of the Economist Bar and the Observatory of Economics and Fraud Management (OBJEF).