International Partnerships for Collaborative Research in Argentinian Universities

GARCÍA DE FANELLI, ANA MARÍA; RABOSSI, MARCELO; CORENGIA, ÁNGELA; SALTO, DANTE JAVIER

Innovative North-South University Research Partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean

Palgrave Macmillan

Lugar: Cham; Año: 2018; p. 203 - 231

This chapter addresses the North-South university partnerships? contributions to strengthening Argentinian R&D, the motivations behind this cooperation, and the principal facilitators and obstacles to this endeavor?s success. The work is based in case-study approach, as an effective tool for descriptive purposes and offers a precise picture of the event under analysis. The case studies focused on two research units at public and private Argentinian universities with relevant North-South research partnerships. International scientific cooperation between the South and the North has proven to be fruitful for the parts involved in the agreement. However, what triggers and establishes the association generally differs. After the interviews we found that although personal links in general dominates, state support is paramount, mainly for the private sector. Difficulties may generate disincentives to keep longer-term partnerships. In our cases, the main constraints are related to internal, bureaucratic problems and external factors such as overall economic instability affecting developed and developing countries as well.