Helena Costa Oliveira holds a PhD in Accounting from the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (2020); she is a specialist in Accounting, from the Polytechnic of Porto (2015); she has a master degree in Accounting from the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (2010); a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (1998) and a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Administration from Porto Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic of Porto (1995). She has been a professor of the scientific area of Accounting at the Porto Accounting and Business School, since 1998. She is a researcher at CEOS.PP (Center for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto). Her main research interests are management accounting, digital accounting, accounting teaching, environmental accounting, healthcare management, sustainability and accounting in the public sector. She is a researcher of funded international projects. She has organized scientific events and published books, book chapters and articles in international journals indexed in the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Web of Science and/or Scopus. She is an ambassador for the Grudis network (Portuguese Accounting Research Network) at the Polytechnic of Porto. She is a member of several associations and orders such as the European Accounting Association, American Accounting Association, Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, Portuguese Chartered of Accountants and Portuguese Order of Economists.