In addition to its regular sections, this year The State of Science commemorates RICYT’s 25 years with a special dossier of reflections on the production and use of science and technology indicators in Latin America. It has a foreword by Mariano Jabonero, Secretary General of the OEI, a special contribution by Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, and reflections by Lidia Brito, Director of the Regional Office of Sciences for Latin America and the UNESCO Caribbean. Representatives of UIS-UNESCO, OECD, IDB and OAS also participate, along with different experts who have accompanied the trajectory of RICYT.
This publication is the result of the joint effort of the participating countries of the network, which provide the statistical information included in this volume, and of an active community of experts in indicators, accompanied by different international organizations that support the network.
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Créditos
Organismos y personas de enlace
Prólogo – Mariano Jabonero
Contribución especial – Manuel Heitor
1.1 El Estado de la Ciencia en imágenes
Introducción – Lidia Brito
2.1 La RICYT, de la espontaneidad al modelo
2.2 La RICYT como comunidad de práctica: ¿Cómo se ha conformado en 25 años?
2.3 Reflexiones sobre la producción de Indicadores en Iberoamérica
3.1 La respuesta de la ciencia ante la crisis del COVID-19
3.2 Rasgos de la educación superior en Iberoamérica a través de la Red INDICES
3.3 Comunicación de la Ciencia en América Latina: Construir derechos, catalizar ciudadanía
4. Indicadores comparativos