Research leader at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She was visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2015 and 2017 and at Harvard University in 2017. She has always been interested on the effects of science and new technologies on the economy, business competitiveness and productivity. In the public sector, she held positions related to public policies for productivity and science and technology: she was economic adviser to the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (2008) and head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Office of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2010-2012). She was also director (2012-2017) and deputy director (2009-2010) of Ipea. She is the author of several articles and books and received the BNDES economics award for her dissertation on the commercial performance of foreign companies in Brazil. In 2014, the book she organized on Productivity in Brazil was finalist of one of the most prestigious literature prizes in country: the Jabuti Prize. She believes in the transformative power of knowledge and she would like to investigate how we can accelerate the diffusion of technologies to improve people's well-being and their relationship to the environment.

Economist, he holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Campinas (2014) and a Master's degree (2003) and a Bachelor’s degree (1999) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and has been working on industrial and technology policy. He is currently engaged in a project on “Social environmental Innovation”, which main goal is to characterize the investment profile in Brazil. His research agenda also includes topics on trade policy, such as tariffs and evaluation of free trade agreements impacts. He is a researcher at Ipea since 2004 and taught Microeconomics and International Trade at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

Holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Ribeirão Preto, a master's degree in Economics from USP and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Zucoloto was a visiting researcher at ZTG at Technische Universität Berlin, worked as a researcher at the Directorate of Industrial and Technological Policy of the Institute for Technological Research (IPT) from 2007 to 2008, and served as an advisor at the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) from 2008 to 2009. Since 2009, has been a researcher at Ipea. Her work at CTS focuses on research related to innovation policy and indicators, particularly in industrial property and healthcare, as well as on social technologies and their societal impact.

Holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as well as a master's and a Ph.D. in Economics from the same institution. Koeller served as an advisor to the executive secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) from 2009 to 2010 and was the coordinator of Methodology for Business Statistics, Registers, and Classifications at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) from 2013 to 2016. She has been part of the team at the Directorate for Innovation and Infrastructure Sector Studies and Policies at Ipea since 2016. Her research at CTS focuses on the evaluation of science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) policies, with an emphasis on eco-innovation and healthcare, and on the evaluation of Sustainable Development Goal 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, in Brazil.

Holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a master's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and in Innovation Management from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), with a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Chiarini has been a professor at the Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI) and head of the Strategy Division at the National Institute of Technology (INT). He has been a researcher at Ipea since 2021. His research at CTS focuses on innovation policy and the complex relationship between technological development and socioeconomic transformations, with a particular emphasis on the platform economy and how "platformization" is reshaping and creating markets and industries.

Holds a Master's degree in Informatics from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), with specialization in Machine Learning and Recommender Systems. Fellow at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and member of the Think Tank DBEM-Data Science for Social Welfare at Unirio. He has more than 6 years of experience in Data Science and Analytics in the global oil industry, having worked as a senior data scientist in Brazil, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Undergraduated in Economics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He has been part of the Tutorial Education Program (PET) of the Economy at UFF since 2021, carrying out research, extension and teaching activities.

Graduate in Economics by University of the State of the Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and currently holds a scholarship in Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) in the "Socio-environmental Innovation" project. She concerned with the impact of technological advances on the most vulnerable portions of society and how these can be used to promote economic inclusion of these portions, within this perspective, is interested with issues connect economic development, innovation and social impact. Her questioning at the Center for Research in Science, Technology and Society is: How can technological advances be used for promote socioeconomic development, resulting improvement in people's quality of life and the promotion of social equity?

Undergraduated in Environmental Management at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) and currently holds a scholarship in Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in “New Technologies and Infrastructure” project. He was an intern at the Research Network on Local Productive and Innovative Arrangements and Systems (REDESIST) and at IPEA. He is interested in the advances and contributions of Science, Technology and Innovation to Sustainability.

Holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Anhembi Morumbi University, with a specialization in Science Communication from the University of Campinas (Unicamp). He also holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in History of Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Andrade has written for some of the world's leading scientific publications, including Nature, Science, The BMJ, and SciDev.Net, a London-based portal on S&T for the developing world.

Holds a BA in economics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), a Ph.D. in Scientific and Technological Policy from University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a postdoctoral internship at Columbia University (EUA). He was a researcher at National Institute of Metrology, Quality, and Technology (INMETRO), a technologist and undersecretary at Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) as well as a consultant for innovation policies at The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He is currently the coordinator of studies on firm growth strategies at Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea). He has more than a dozen indexed articles in the area of innovation policies, public procurement for innovation and technological procurement and published the first
book on demand-side innovation policies in Brazil.

PhD in Economics at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and Master in Law at the Law School of USP. Researcher at the Directorate of Studies and Policies on Economic Sectors, Innovation, Regulation and Infrastructure at IPEA; and Professor of the Master’s Program in Economics at the Federal University of Goiás. Worked in different positions of the Brazilian federal government, including: (i) Sub-secretary of Productive Development and Sustainability Policies of the Civil House (2023); (iii) Special Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (2012-2014); (ii) Advisor to the Office of Institutional Relations of the President’s Office (2011-2012); Manager of MBA courses at the National School of Public Administration (2009-2011).

Graduated in Medicine in 1995 and followed a career in basic science. She got a Master (1997) and a PhD (2001) degree from the Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ), after a two years period at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM (France) and Friedrich Schiller University (Jena, Germany). In 2002, she got a permanent position at the Institute of Biomedical Science at UFRJ and became a professor of Gross Anatomy (undergraduate courses) and Neuroscience (graduate programs), doing also research in Developmental Neuroscience. In 2015, as a shift in the career she decided to undergo a new PhD in Public Policy, Strategy and Development at the Institute of Economics (UFRJ), studying the employment market of the Health Industrial Economic Complex. In the Center of Science, Technology and Society (IPEA), her main subject of interest is to understand the impacts of knowledge and technology on Health in such a
“diverse Brazil”.

Bachelor of Social Communication from the Cásper Líbero College, holds a master's degree in Communication and Semiotics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), has experience in journalistic coverage in the areas of science, technology, education, health, and environment, working in several vehicles of the Brazilian media. Author and editor of reports, interviews, articles, publications and editorial and audiovisual projects in these same areas of research and knowledge, he also works for causes related to the social impacts of science and technology (such as the cause of the alignment of drug policies with scientific evidence).

PhD in Economics from the University of São Paulo (USP), she was a fellow at CNPq and the Foundation Institute of Economic Research (Fipe), member of the Regional and Urban Economics Lab at USP (NEREUS) and the Brazilian Network for Research on Global Climate Change (Clima Network). Master in Economic Theory from State University of São Paulo (UNESP), she was a fellow at Capes. Economist from the State University of Maringá (UEM). She is a consultant for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN / DESA) in the project “Natural capital accounting and valuation of ecosystem services”, integrating the team responsible for the construction of Environmental Economic Accounts in Brazil for water and ecosystem, and in the project “Input-output modeling, combining monetary and physical information on water production and use”, in partnership with the National Water Agency (ANA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Researcher in the project “New technologies applied to water resources” in partnership with IPEA. She was a consultant for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the project “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Conservation of Biodiversity through the Integration of Ecosystem Services in Public Policies and Business Performance (Regional-local)”, integrating the team responsible for building the Brazilian Environmental Economic Accounts for water, forests and energy. Main lines of research: applied economics, regional economics, environmental economics, water resources and input-output analysis.

Civil Engineer graduated from the National University of Colombia, in Medellín (2010), Master in Environmental Technology and Water Resources by Faculty of Technology of the University of Brasilia (UnB) where actually is PhD candidate. In 2013, he worked on the Basic Sanitation Diagnosis of Integrated Development Regions in Brazil. He has lectured in Civil and Environmental Engineering courses in the Water Resources area, in the UnB and other higher education institutions in Brasilia. Since his Master studies, he has focused in the Climate and Water Resources relationship using Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning, in order to assist water resources management and hydroelectric generation in Brazil. Currently, uses hydro-climatic models, statistics-based, for inflow forecasting, in regions with low water availability and climate influence, such as Northeast of Brazil. In the IPEA’s Science, Technology and Society Research Center his major question is: can the scientific and technological advance
mitigate the socio-environmental impacts resulting from regional and global climate change?

Economist, undergraduated in economics at Federal Universityof Pernambuco (UFPE), graduated in economics at PIMES/UFPE and has a doctorate in applied economics from ESALQ/USP. He worked in different areas such as Information Economics, Environmental Economics and Agricultural economics. Worked at CEPEA/USP with time series models for prediction of milk prices and causality tests, in addition to estimating almost ideal demand systems (AIDS). He has an interest in the are as of Education Economics, Environmental Economics and Information economics. He aims to understand the interrelationship between these three are as of study and how the variables analyzed by the same influence growth and economic development.

Journalist, bachelor of Social Communication from the Cásper Líbero College and a postgraduate degree in Science Journalism from the Laboratory of Advanced Studies on Journalism (Labjor) of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). Master’s in Scientific and Cultural Communication by the Institute of Language Studies (IEL/Unicamp), he is experienced in Communication, with emphasis on Science Journalism, in S&T, Environment, Health and Education. He was Director of the Technical-Scientific Support Center of the Health Institute of the State Health Secretariat of São Paulo, editor of the Instituto de Saúde Bulletin (BIS), technical advisor of the Communication and Information Commission of the State Health Council of São Paulo and communication adviser of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp). In his master's degree, he studied the role of interactivity in the constitution of a model of public perception on Science and Technology, a line of research in which he participated at Unicamp, including the Public Perception of Health survey, which was supported by Fapesp and Ministry of Health and gathered information about the perception of health in the State of São Paulo, in order to obtain subsidies for the elaboration of public policies directed to the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS).

PhD candidate in Sociology at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the Rio de Janeiro State University (Iesp/Uerj), holds a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (Uenf). He is currently a research assistant at Ipea's Center for Science, Technology and Society. Under a Fulbright scholarship, he was Visiting Graduate Researcher at the California Center for Population Research of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He has experience in the field of social stratification and with quantitative methods for the social sciences.