Science, Technology, Innovation and Development Policy Experiences in Latin America & the Caribbean

1. Matías Kulfas (in Spanish) – Políticas para el desarrollo productivo y tecnológico en una economía inestable. El caso argentino.
Former Argentine Minister of Productive Development, and now Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Kulfas will discuss his experience as both an academic and policymaker in the Argentine context of productive development and technology policy. Please note this event will be in Spanish only.

Format: A 90-minute webinar interview, hosted by Prof Carlota Pérez with the participation of Prof. João Carlos Ferraz and open to post-graduate students and early career researchers. After the invited speakers make their reflections, the virtual floor is open for discussion.

This series is a collaboration between the Latin American & the Caribbean STI and Development Discussion Group (LA-STID) and the Economics of Innovation Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative. The LA-STID has been bringing together young researchers since 2018 to discuss with experts their experiences as lecturers, researchers and policy practitioners in science technology, innovation and productive development policies.

This initiative was designed by Prof. Carlota Pérez (IIPP/UCL, UK, SPRU, Univ. of Sussex, and TalTech, Estonia), who later engaged Prof. João Carlos Ferraz (IE/UFRJ, Brazil) to discuss with students and young researchers the importance of considering a policymaking career or to make sure that they maintain contact with policymakers in their countries, rather than remain isolated in Academia.