Francisco Lima is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, and a research fellow at the Centre for Management Studies from IST. President of Statistics Portugal (INE, the national statistical authority) between 2018 and 2024. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the Habilitation degree from IST. Teaching and working with economics and econometrics, his research focuses on innovation, technological change, labor economics, entrepreneurship, and policy evaluation. He has coordinated and participated in several national and European research projects. Francisco has published in international journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Research Policy, Economic Journal, Small Business Economics, European Economic Review, and Labour Economics.