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Research Collaboration Between Europe and Latin America Research Collaboration between Europe and Latin America Mapping and Understanding partnership Scientifi c editors: Jacques Gaillard and Rigas Arvanitis Research Collaboration International collaboration has become increasingly important in carrying out between Europe research activities. This book, written by a large group of scholars from Europe Jacques Gaillard and Rigas Arvanitis Gaillard Jacques and Latin America, maps, analyses and discusses research collaboration between the two continents during the last twenty years. The empirical and Latin America material underlines the richness and the variety of the links that bind the two c editors: fi Mapping and Understanding partnership continents, well beyond the simplifi ed views of science, either as the brainchild of global networking or as a result of dependence. The book also develops an Scienti innovative methodological approach, combining bibliometric analysis, social surveying, in-depth interviews, and a careful analysis of research programmes and policies. While arguing that the asymmetry of relations that once existed in cooperation has turned into a more equal partnership between the two continents, it deciphers some of the reasons behind this more balanced cooperation. It also challenges the view of science as a global self-organising system through collective action at the level of researchers themselves. On the contrary, the importance of policy, institutions, and previously developed Scientifi c editors research is highlighted and recognised. Jacques Gaillard Jacques Gaillard and Rigas Arvanitis are senior researchers, specialising on Science studies and Rigas Arvanitis Research policy at the Centre Population et Développement (Ceped), a unit of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Paris, France. They are also members of the Institut Francilien Recherche, Innovation et Société (IFRIS). Price : 36 euros ISBN : 9782813001245 9HSMILD*aabcef+ and Latin America Europe Collaboration between Research Research Collaborations between Europe and Latin America Research Collaborations between Europe and Latin America Mapping and Understanding partnership Edited by Jacques Gaillard Rigas Arvanitis Copyright © 2013 Éditions des archives contemporaines Tous droits de traduction, de reproduction et d’adaptation réservés pour tous pays. Toute reproduction ou représentation intégrale ou partielle, par quelque procédé que ce soit (électronique, mécanique, photocopie, enregistrement, quelque système de stockage et de récupération d’information) des pages publiées dans le présent ouvrage faite sans autorisation écrite de l’éditeur, est interdite. Éditions des archives contemporaines 41, rue Barrault 75013 Paris (France) www.archivescontemporaines.com ISBN : 9782813001245 Also by Jacques Gaillard GAILLARD A.M. et J. GAILLARD. 1999. Les enjeux des migrations scientifiques internationales. De la quête du savoir à la circulation des compétences. Paris: L'Harmattan, 233 pages. GAILLARD J. 1999. La coopération scientifique et technique avec les Pays du Sud. Peut-on partager la science ? Paris : Karthala, collection "Hommes et Sociétés", 340 pages. GAILLARD A.M., et J. GAILLARD. 1998. International Migration of the Highly Qualified: a Bibliographic and Conceptual Itinerary, New York : Center for Migration Studies, 144 pages. GAILLARD J., V.V. KRISHNA et R. WAAST (eds.). 1997. Scientific Communities in the Developing World, New Delhi: SAGE India, 398 pages. GAILLARD J. (ed.). 1997. The International Mobility of Brains in Science & Technology, numéro thématique de la revue Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 2(2), 468 pages. ARVANITIS R. et J. GAILLARD J. (eds.). 1992. Les indicateurs de science pour les pays en développement, Actes du colloque sur les indicateurs de science pour les pays en développement, Paris, Unesco, 15-17 octobre 1990, PARIS: Editions de l'ORSTOM, 670 pages. GAILLARD J. 1991. Scientists in the Third World, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 244 pages. Also by Rigas Arvanitis (to be completed) Table of Contents Chapter 1 Science and technology collaboration between Europe and Latin America: towards a more equal partnership? Jacques GAILLARD and Rigas ARVANITIS ............................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Brief literature review ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 2. Contents of the book: summary of the main results .......................................................................................................... 9 3. Conclusion: Towards a more equal partnership? ............................................................................................................. 17 References ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 2 Policies to Promote International Scientific Cooperation in Latin America: Evolution and Current Situation Adriana FELD, Rosalba CASAS, Maria SONSIRE LOPEZ and Hebe VESSURI ................................................... 23 Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 The Institutionalization of Science and Technology Policies and External “Aid": from World War II to the 1970s ......... 24 Cooperation in the 1970s to the 1980s: Research, Technology and Priority areas .......................................................... 29 Internationalization of Higher Education ............................................................................................................................... 33 New Trends of International Cooperation in Latin America and the Challenges of Social Inclusion ................................ 37 References ............................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Chapter 3 Mapping S&T Collaboration between Latin America and Europe: Bibliometric Analysis of Co-authorships (1984-2007) Jane M. RUSSELL and Shirley AINSWORTH ........................................................................................................ 49 Abstrat ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Results ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Discussion ................................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................. 76 References ............................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Chapter 4 Scientific Cooperation between the European Union and Latin American Countries: Framework Programmes 6 and 7 Pablo KREIMER and Luciano LEVIN .................................................................................................................... 79 Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 79 1-Background, object and methodological aspects of the study......................................................................................... 83 2-Results ................................................................................................................................................................................... 86 3. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 103 References ............................................................................................................................................................................ 104 Chapter 5 Determining
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