Gobernanza y autonomía relativa en el Sistema Público de Investigación de la Argentina. Los cambios en la carrera de investigador científico y tecnológico del CONICET (1961-2003)

Abstract

This paper aims to debate and complicate the changes in the relative autonomy of the Technological Scientific Researcher Career (CIC) of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) from its creation in 1961 to 2003, in the Public Research System (SPI) from Argentina. This approach to the subject would lead to the following question. In what way did the changes in governance within CONICET influence the relative autonomy of the Scientific and Technological Researcher Career in the SPI between 1961-2003? This paper hypothesizes that the different governance schemes that have passed through CONICET since 1973 did not question the contents of Law 20,464 / 73 and tended to consolidate a CIC unrelated to the universities. The theoretical frameworks and concepts used during the investigation will be analyzed first. Secondly, the different governance schemes that passed through CONICET and impacted on the logic of the institution's scientific promotion instruments are addressed. Thirdly, the relationship between governance and relative autonomy of the CIC between 1961 and 2003 is addressed. Finally, official documents and interviews with key informants are used.