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MINDS (Multidisciplinary Institute for Development and Strategies) reflects the convergence among academic trajectories, research interests, policy-making experience and political convictions of a group of individuals concerned with the public dimensions of intellectual and academic work.

In its analytical dimension, the Project is forged by a comprehensive (interdisciplinary) understanding of globalization in both its sources and its effects, and by convergent approaches in the fields of economics of innovation, competition and new regulatory devices, comparative institutional analysis, conflict sociology, business organization and strategy, macro-finance, the developmental state as a key player, international organizations, and social inclusion’ strategies and policies .

It is conceived as set of initiatives, to be developed as a cluster of activities, targeting a broad audience, and aiming to constitute a focused network on development strategies (both in its Public-policy and in its Corporate dimensions) and policy analysis and proposals, having Globalization as a major shaping force .

In its international relations dimension, MINDS aims to contribute to develop an analytical framework and a policy proposal’s basis for the South-South and North-South multilevel dialogue.

 

FOUNDERS

ÁVILA, Jorge



President of National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Civil engineering with master´s degree in enterprise administration and doctorate in collective health, State University of Rio de Janeiro.


BARROS DE CASTRO, Antonio


PhD in Economics, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Graduate Certificate , Centre d'Études des Programmes Économiques (CEPE). BA in Economics, School of Economics and Business Administration/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Full Professor,Institute of Economics/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (on leave since 2004). Current Director of Planning, Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES).

BURLAMAQUI, Leonardo
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PhD in Industrial Economics and Economics of Technology , State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Master Degree in Political Economy, State University of Campinas . BA in Economics, Candido Mendes University . Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (on leave) . Member of MINDS board (on leave). Currently Program Officer at the Ford Foundation New York.

CASTRO, Ana Célia
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PhD in Economic Sciences, Institute of Economics, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Full Professor, Center for Law and Economic Sciences/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Coordinator of the MBA in Innovation and Intellectual Property Management, Institute of Economics/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Executive Secretary of REDES (Network on Development, Teaching and Society). MINDS Coordinator.

PROENÇA, Adriano
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PhD, Master and BA in Engineering of Production, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Professor, Polytechnical School /Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

MEMBERS
BLOCK, Fred
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Ph.D. , Department of Sociology/ University of California, Berkeley. Master Degree, Department of Sociology/ University of California. BA in Sociology and History, Columbia College (magna cum laude ). Professor of Sociology/University of California, Davis (Chair 1992-1996). Fields of expertise: Economic Policy and History.

CARVALHO, Fernando Cardim de
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PhD and Master Degrees in Economics, Rutgers/ State University of New Jersey. Full Professor of Economics, Institute of Economics/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

CORIAT, Benjamin

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Economist. Researcher, Centre d'Économie de Paris Nord (CEPN). Fields of expertise: Innovation, institutions and economic dynamics.

EVANS, Peter B.
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PhD and Master Degrees, Harvard University. BA from Harvard College, (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Eastman Visiting Professor, Oxford University, 2004 - 2005. Professor of International Studies /University of California, Berkeley.

HODGSON, Geoff
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Litt. D., University of Cambridge. Graduate Certificate in Education (with distinction), University of London. Master Degree in Economics, University of Cambridge and University of Manchester (with distinction ). Research Professor in Business Studies, University of Hertfordshire.

KREGEL, Jan A.
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Professor at the Department of Economics/Universiti degli Studi di Bologna and Professor of International Economics in the Johns Hopkins University. Associate Director of Bologna Center (1987-90) . Chief of Policy Analysis and Development/ United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs.


POSSAS, Cristina de Albuquerque


PhD in Public Health, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). Post-Doctorate, Harvard University. Master Degree in Social Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Specialization Certificate in Epidemiologia Del Lavoro Clinica Del Lavoro, Universita Degli Studi di Milano. BAs in Pshycology, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), in Français Langue Et Littérature 3 Degrée, Universite de Nancy I, and in English Language and Literature - Proficiency, University of Cambridge (1967). Full Professor, Harvard University. Executive Secretary, DAS National Technical Committe for Biosecurity.

 

FOUNDERS

Antônio Barros de Castro (BNDES)

Ana Celia Castro (CCJE/UFRJ)

Adriano Proença (Politécnica/UFRJ)

Leonardo Burlamaqui (Ford Foundation)

Jorge Ávila (President/INPI)

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Ana Celia Castro (CCJE/UFRJ)

MEMBERS

Anna Jaguaribe

Annalisa Primi

Benjamin Coriat (Université Paris XIII)

Cristina Possas (Ministry of Health)

Eli Roque Diniz (IE/UFRJ)

Fred Block (UC/Davis)

Fernando Cardim de Carvalho (IE/UFRJ)

Geoff Hodgson (Cambridge University. UK)

Jan Kregel (United Nations)

Jayaty Gosh

João Furtado (USP)

John Wilkinson (CPDA/UFRRJ)

Lorry Wallack

Maria Beatriz Bohrer (WIPO)

Maria Teresa Leopardi

Mário Ripper (Consultant)

Mário Possas

Peter Evans (UC/Berkeley)

Rainer Kattel

Robert Wade

Rogerio Sobreira

Sérgio Salles Filho (UNICAMP)

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Biancca Scarpelini

SECRETARY

Cristina Araújo

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