Procesos de gobernanza y de gobernabilidad al interior del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) de la Argentina entre 1983-2008.

Abstract

This doctoral thesis focuses on the governance processes and changes in the governance of CONICET, within the framework of the Public Research System (SPI) of Argentina, during the period between 1983 and 2008. CONICET was chosen as a case study due to its central position in the field of science and technology (S&T), as well as in the country's science policy. To address this research, various theoretical and analytical tools are integrated to understand the complexity of the problem. The organization and composition of the actors who play diverse roles within CONICET are examined, as well as the systems of direction and bureaucratic management of scientific activity, and the autonomy of evaluative actors. This includes an analysis. of the transformations in the instruments of scientific promotion and execution of greatest institutional relevance between 1983 and 2008. A methodological strategy was adopted that combines mixed methods and data, giving priority to the qualitative approach both in the collection of information and in the analysis of the data.