Contribution of Brazilian Scientific Diaspora to the Brazilian international cooperation

• Grant number: 20/04208-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2022
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Ana Maria Alves Carneiro da Silva
• Grantee: Ana Maria Alves Carneiro da Silva
• Host Institution: Núcleo de Estudos de Políticas Públicas (NEPP). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Ana Maria Nunes Gimenez ; César Antonio Pereira ; Cibele Yahn de Andrade ; Elizabeth Balbachevsky ; Jesús Pascual Mena Chalco ; Leonardo Francisco de Azevedo ; Rodrigo Costas Comesaña ; Vinicius Kauê Ferreira
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/09225-0 - Support in carrying out interviews, BP.TT; 23/11959-9 - Support for interviews and questionnaire, BP.TT; 22/11980-5 - Bibliometric analysis of international cooperation on the pandemic of COVID-19 among researchers in Brazil and diasporas, BP.TT; 22/12367-5 - Support for interviews and questionnaire, BP.TT; 22/11986-3 - Support in conducting bibliometric analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, BP.TT

Abstract

This project analyzes the diaspora's contribution to the international scientific cooperation regarding COVID-19, including its expansion and pattern changes. The project seeks to close two knowledge gaps on the Brazilian scientific diaspora's contribution to the development of specific scientific fields. The first contribution refers to identifying the Brazilian scientists' international mobility, their settlement in other countries, and cooperation with scientists in Brazil. The second contribution delves into analyzing successful and failure cases of the migrant scientists' contribution to the COVID-19 research, including their participation in changing international cooperation patterns. The scarcity of studies on ST&I diasporas at the international level hinders the advancement of global analyses on the phenomenon and the design of public policies. Therefore, this project seeks to contribute to the global debate of ST&I diasporas, considering the inexistence of international publications on the Brazilian diaspora. A multi-method strategy will be employed, including bibliometric study, curriculum analysis, questionnaire, and in-depth interviews. By offering new evidence and empirical data on an as-yet-unknown diaspora, new issues from different perspectives may arise globally. (AU)