On Tuesday 10 September 2024 at 12:00 - 13:15 CEST, UNU-MERIT's UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development for Latin America is hosting a hybrid research seminar which will discuss recent work by the research team of the Institute of Economics at the University of the Republic (UDELAR) in Uruguay.
Prof. Dr. Carlos Bianchi, Professor at UDELAR and President of LALICS (the Latin American Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-Building Systems) will present his UDELAR team's findings on the problems and challenges of development in middle-income countries, with an emphasis on Latin America. The trajectories of structural change and the so-called ‘erratic paths’ followed by the countries of the region will be discussed.
The LALICS network is the Latin American regional branch of GLOBELICS, a worldwide community of scholars working on innovation and competence-building in the context of economic development. LALICS is initiating a new work plan where their aim is to invite researchers and practitioners in innovation and development who are Latin American (or working on Latin America) to join them in their future activities.
The research seminar will start with an introduction from UNU-MERIT's Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli about UNU-MERIT's UNESCO Chair, and then Prof. Bianchi will speak briefly about the LALICS Network before giving his research presentation, titled 'Varieties of middle-income trap: A Latin American perspective on structural change trajectories and external demand constraints'.
This hybrid event is open to the public; all who are interested in the topic of economic development in Latin America are very welcome to join.
The Zoom link to join the seminar online can be found here.
Programme outline:
12:00 Welcome and Presentation of UNU-MERIT's UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development for Latin America
Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli, Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT
12:10 Presentation of LALICS Network and its strategic lines and upcoming activities
Prof. Dr. Carlos Bianchi, Professor at UDELAR and President of LALICS
12:20 Seminar Presentation: 'Varieties of middle-income trap: A Latin American perspective on structural change trajectories and external demand constraints'
Prof. Dr. Carlos Bianchi
13:00 - 13:15 Discussion and Q&A
About the speaker:
Carlos Bianchi currently holds the following positions: full Professor at the Institute of Economics, FCEA, University of the Republic (UDELAR); researcher level II of the National System of Researchers of Uruguay; President of the Latin American Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-Building Systems (LALICS). He obtained his PhD in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
At present, his main lines of research are: innovation networks and systems in Latin America, challenges for development in middle-income countries, and science, technology and innovation (STI) policies. He has published several works in his areas of expertise including in academic journals such as Research Policy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Industrial and Corporate Change, among others.
He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses at UDELAR and has been a guest lecturer at universities from Latin America, Europe and Asia.
In addition, he has been active in Uruguay's STI policy bodies, as the National Council of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uruguay, and has contributed to public policy documents in this area.
