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Brussels , December 2005

Glauco Arbix President, Institute for Applied Economic Research – IPEA Professor of Sociology - University of São Paulo - BRAZIL. Brazilian Social Sciences: Between the Past and the Future. Brussels , December 2005. The Social Sciences in Brazil. The social sciences advance:

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Brussels , December 2005

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  1. Glauco ArbixPresident, Institute for Applied Economic Research – IPEAProfessor of Sociology - University of São Paulo - BRAZIL Brazilian Social Sciences: Between the Past and the Future Brussels, December 2005

  2. The Social Sciences in Brazil The social sciences advance: • Growing body of highly qualified professionals with Master’s Degrees and Phds. • Sharp increase in the number of publications in indexed periodicals • New thematic areas: • functioning of institutions • the electoral process and the political system • international relations • crime and violence • technology and innovation • regional issues • drug trafficking and corruption • local participatory democracy  • A more complex, diversified and plural scientific community

  3. Research groups in humanities in social science sub-areas

  4. Professionalization of the social sciences The social sciences changed with the creation of postgraduate courses in the 1970s. International exchanges were a decisive factor. • Professionalization of the social sciences with the introduction of new methodologies, and frontier debates • Close relations with the United States and Europe made a deep impact on the level of social sciences in Brazil

  5. Trajectory • In the mid-1970s the emphasis switched to themes related to the reactivation of civil society, social movements, and redemocratization • The mid-80s to the mid-90s witnessed a boom in analyses of the identities and social representations of urban, rural, trade union, gender, blackand ecological movements • This fragmentation has been followed by a sharp dissociation between the social question and the country´s macrostrutural conditions

  6. The search for socially relevant and integrating themes • Stimulate the qualitative improvement of institutions and researchers • Perfect performance assessment systems • Extend the use of frontier methodologies • Adopt a cosmopolitan and open stance • Increase synergies with international research networks The Social Sciences in Brazil have reached a level of maturity which enables a positive redrawing of its identity to be made. To achieve this it is necessary to concentrate on socially relevant and integrating themes.

  7. Brazil’s social sciences are being invited to transcend their limits The social scientist should be guided by a sense of responsibility towards society. This means, respect for citizenship, the quest for social justice and reduction of inequalities. And, clearly, acting with the dignity given by the independence and commitment needed to produce new knowledge.

  8. THANK YOU

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