National Case Studies: Argentina

ANA FANELLI; MARIA ELINA ESTÉBANEZ

UNIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA. Successful Experiences of Research Centres

Sense Publishers

Lugar: Rotterdam; Año: 2008; p. 107 - 144

Latin American countries are increasing their investments in science and technology, introducing legislation to stimulate innovation, but the impact of these efforts in the economy and society has been limited. Most of the existing research takes place in universities, and does not relate easily with business, government and society. There are, however, exceptions. This chapter looks at the science, technology and innovation systems of Argentina, telling the stories of four university research teams from different fields of knowledge, , but having in common the experience of producing high quality scientific knowledge in their fields, while being very active in transfering their knoweldge to society. They are deviations from the more traditional academic centers in the  country, which tend to work acccording to the research agendas established by their individual members, with subsidies from the education and science and techology authorities, and, even when working in applied fields, have difficulties or give low priority to put their competence to practical use.