Science and Technology Policy in Brazil: an Analysis of the Recent Period

Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy 2011This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. ©2011 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.The paper analyzes the agenda of science and technology policy (STP) in Brazil. We conclude that although there has been some change in the speech surrounding STP, the policy agenda itself has not changed significantly. We argue that this is due to the policy makers rationale concerning science and technology