Science for the XXI Century

Seminar

This seminar is included in the ITQB PhD Program (module Science, Culture and Society)

Title: Science for the XXI Century

Speaker: João Caraça, ISEG and FCG

Abstract

Brief discussion on science policy, science funding and on the scientist’s responsibilities in these matters 
 
Short Biography

João Caraça obtained the D. Phil. in Nuclear Physics at the University of Oxford.  He is Director of the Science Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. João Caraça is also Full Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. He is member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology – EIT. He also integrates the Steering Group of the European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding and is President of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese Business Association for Innovation – COTEC. João Caraça was Science Adviser of the President of the Portuguese Republic (1996-2006) and has published over 150 scientific papers. His main interests are science and technology policy and prospective studies. He authored Do Saber ao Fazer: porquê organizar a ciência (1993), Ciência (1997), Science et Communication (1999), Entre a Ciência e a Consciência (2002) and À Procura do Portugal Moderno (2003). He also co-authored Limits to Competition (1995), co-edited O Futuro Tecnológico (1999) and collaborated in Le Printemps du Politique (2007).