Scientific elites within local S&T policies: the case of Municipal Department of São Carlos (SP)

Authors

  • Thales Haddad Novaes de Andrade Universidade Federal de São Carlos/Professor Associado
  • Karina de Camargo Universidade Federal de São Carlos/Graduanda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2019.55.1.04

Abstract

This article deals with the presence of scientific and technological elites in the implementation of local Science and Technology (S & T) policies in Brazil. In the last decades there has been an increasing growth of municipalities formulating their own policies in the field of science and technology, in order to articulate scientific knowledge and local development programs. The main issue proposed in this article is to discuss the presence of local scientific elites in the definition of S & T policies at the municipal level and how they articulate with decision makers. A case of study was carried out in the city of São Carlos (SP), a high-tech center linked to research and higher education institutions. At the end of the 1990s a Municipal Department was created in the city, which was used as a basis for our analysis. It was verified that these scientific elites act consistently in their own academic domains, but are subordinate in the process of institutionalization of S&T area at the local level. Keywords: Scientific elites; municipal department; Science field; São Carlos; S&T policies.

Author Biographies

Thales Haddad Novaes de Andrade, Universidade Federal de São Carlos/Professor Associado

Departamento de Ciências Sociais da UFSCar, Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq.

Karina de Camargo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos/Graduanda

Possui graduação em andamento no curso de Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Acompanhou, de 2015 a 2017, reuniões de grupos de estudo na temática de Políticas de Ciência e Tecnologia, sob coordenação do Profº Drº Thales Andrade (professor associado da UFSCar). Foi estagiária na Prefeitura Municipal de São Carlos, na Secretaria Municipal de Administração e Gestão de Pessoal no período de agosto à setembro de 2017. Atualmente é membro do grupo de pesquisa Sociologia e Estudos da Diáspora Africana, vinculado ao Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (NEAB/UFSCar).

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Published

2019-08-19

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1 (2019): January/April

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