Evidências da anomalia e atipicidade da Política de Ciência e Tecnologia nos discursos de gestores de Agências de Inovação

Abstract

The research community – which includes professionals dedicated to teaching and research, and to the promotion and planning of Science and Technology (S&T) – bears a hegemonic role in shaping Brazil’s Science and Technology Policy. Based on this observation, we aim to illustrate how these professionals make their cognitive model count in the decision-making process of this policy. To achieve our objective, we have conducted semi-structured interviews with the managers of three University Technology Transfer offices (TTO), and analyzed the data using the content analysis methodology. Our results strengthen the argument that Brazil’s S&T policy is portrayed and conditioned by two dynamics: the generic anomaly and the peripheral atypicality. The former dynamic is highlighted by the belief of these professionals on the endless benefits, neutrality and determinism of technoscience. While the latter displays the conviction to emulate S&T Policies from economically advanced countries, in which the TTO managers internalize quality and relevance criteria to shape their own S&T agendas. This rationality has been reproduced, broadly and on an institutional scale, in the form of delocalized perceptions of scientific and technological production.