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The New Invisible College: Science for Development

The New Invisible College: Science for Development

La organización del conocimiento científico está pasando por una transformación fundamental. En su libro The New Invisible College: Science for Development, Caroline Wagner combina los datos cuantitativos con amplias entrevistas para elaborar un mapa del surgimiento de las redes científicas globales y rastrear las dinámicas de su crecimiento. Afirma que el paso de la “gran ciencia” hacia las redes globales crea oportunidades sin precedentes para los países en vías de desarrollo para explotar su potencial científico. En lugar de despilfarrar sus recursos en un esfuerzo vano para imitar de manera mimética las instituciones científicas del siglo XX, los gobiernos de los países en vías de desarrollo pueden desarrollar sus redes creando incentivos para que muchos científicos de primera fila enfoquen sus investigaciones en temas que respondan a sus preocupaciones e intereses y para descubrir formas de vincular el conocimiento a la resolución de problemas locales. The New Invisible College: Science for Development ofrece una guía y herramientas para que los políticos afronten este problema.

Caroline S. Wagner specializes in science and technology and its relationship to innovation, policy, and society.  She is a Senior Analyst at SRI International and a Research Scientist at George Washington University Center for International Science and Technology Policy.  She is the author of a forthcoming book The New Invisible College: Science for Development, Brookings Press, 2007.  During her 25 year career in science policy, she has held a number of analytic and policy positions.  At the RAND Corporation, she was deputy to the Director of the Science & Technology Policy Institute, a research center serving the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  Prior to joining RAND, Dr. Wagner was a Professional Staff Member for the United States Congress Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and before that, in the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. She has served as an analyst for the United States federal government analyzing global developments in science and technology. Dr. Wagner has consulted to the World Bank, the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the U.S. National Science Foundation and a number of governments.   She was a member of the United Nations Millennium Development Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation and a primary author of that task force’s report.   She holds a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in Science & Technology Dynamics; an M.A. from GWU in Science, Technology and Public Policy; and a B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity University. In 2006, Dr. Wagner was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  She is the author of more than 20 monographs that can be found on RAND’s website and a number of journal articles. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and their three children.

Link: The New Invisible College: Science for Development