Rodrigo Arocena

A poster illustrating the approach to inclusive and sustainable developing being supported by the Universidad De La Repúblicain Uruguay. Profound transformative change is needed to cope with the main global challenges posed to Humankind: lack of sustainability that points to climatic catastrophe and rising inequality that fragments societies. Arguably, a notion of Sustainable Human Development … from The University as an Actor of Transformative STI Policies Facing Main Challenges for Sustainable Human Development: The case of the Universidad De La Repúblicain Uruguay

The working paper by Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz examines how national systems of innovation and transformative change can be understood from the perspective of underdevelopment, with particular attention to power relations, knowledge distribution, and societal needs. Drawing on Latin American scholarship, it argues that traditional innovation frameworks developed in industrialised contexts may overlook crucial … from Searching new alternative for development: National Systems of Innovation and Transformative Change as seen from Underdevelopment