Nanotechnologies for inclusive and sustainable development in Argentina: an approach to r&d public activities promotion during the period 2007-2015
Major international institutions consider Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (N & N), together with biotechnology and information and communication technologies (ICT), as a priority sector regarding science, technology, and innovation (STI) national policies. In Argentina, since 2010, N&am...
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Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC)
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/18440 |
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| Sumario: | Major international institutions consider Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (N & N), together with biotechnology and information and communication technologies (ICT), as a priority sector regarding science, technology, and innovation (STI) national policies. In Argentina, since 2010, N&N occupy a central place in the agendas of science and technology public policies. The first efforts took place in 2004 and thereafter, a group of both public and private actors began to build a common agenda and consolidated the role of N & N, with particular emphasis on its potential to address inclusive and sustainable development processes. In this context, this article proposes: i. mapping and surveyance of nanotechnology experiences for inclusive and sustainable development between 2007 and 2015, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MINCyT) in Argentina; ii. To reflect, from a constructivist and socio-technical perspective, on N&N scope and capacities for inclusive and sustainable development Through a quantitative-qualitative methodological strategy of a diachronic nature, this research integrates exploration, analysis, and systematization of secondary information available in public and private institutions, both national and international, together with interviews to different actors of the national nanotechnological system. Initially, the analysis reveals the existence of a large number and a diversity of designed instruments and involved resources, as well as of articulations achieved between the public and private sectors to promote the nanotechnological field. In addition, although different public policy instruments promoted by Science and Technology organizations promote research to solve social problems, even experiences focused on sustainable and inclusive development - in a strict sense - are scarce and scattered. However, a set of intermediate experiences with the potential to generate endogenous development dynamics, have been recovered. |
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