Economy

Interview

Fernanda De Negri: Leveraging the benefits of technology

IPEA economist talks about her ambitions for a new research center that seeks to understand and debate the social and economic impacts of generating knowledge

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Cover

The rise of agtechs

Agribusiness startups are growing the innovation ecosystem in agriculture

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Cover

Agriculture 4.0

Data collected, transmitted, and processed in real time can improve farming productivity and sustainability, but limited connectivity and access to digital technology are barriers still needing to be addressed

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Bioenergy

Tapping more energy from sugarcane

The sugar and ethanol industry is poised to double its production of electricity and biomethane from waste over the coming years

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Funding

In defense of science

Party leaders propose research funding as a means to overcome economic crisis

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Interview

Lauro Barata: The network of natural wealth

A chemist promotes connections in order to turn plant substances into applied products

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Interview

Paulo Moutinho: Standing in the forest

Biology, economics, and biking trips help the ecologist think about sustainable development in the Amazon

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Public policy

Unsustainable energy

In addition to financial expenses, scholars see high social and environmental costs as obstacles to hydroelectric expansion in the Amazon

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Environment

Forestry budgets

Researchers examine why some conservation areas receive more public funding than others

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Economy

São Paulo among the world’s major economic centers

Just over a third (35%) of the world's GDP, estimated at a total of US$80 trillion in 2017, is produced in 29 regions of the planet inhabited by 602 million people

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Data

R&D Expenditure in São Paulo (2017 and 2018)

Expenditure on research and development (R&D) in São Paulo increased from R$26.8 billion in 2017 to R$27.6 billion in 2018

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ENERGY

Winds of change

Brazilian wind power could provide three times more energy than all other electricity sources put together; it currently supplies 22 million homes

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Archival science

Memories Revealed

The unpublished collections of Celso Furtado and Joaquim Nabuco recently donated to research institutions promise new revelations

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Interview

Klement Tockner: Creative environments

President of Austrian agency explains how the industry can benefit from basic science

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Obituary

Paradoxes of progress

Analyzing the contradictions of capitalist development was the hallmark of sociologist Francisco de Oliveira's career

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Medicine

HIV therapy has prevented 9.5 million deaths

Antiretroviral therapy prevented 9.5 million deaths worldwide between 1995 and 2015, with a global economic benefit of US$1.05 trillion

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Public Health

Disarming Violence

Curbing Brazil’s homicide epidemic hinges on restricting access to firearms, fresh research suggests

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INTERVIEW

Marcelo Knobel: Learning from autonomy

For the chancellor of UNICAMP, stable funding and liberty in management boosted the quality of universities in the state of São Paulo

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Research funding

Demand-side innovation

Newly released guidance aims to expand public technology procurement in Brazil

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Data

R&D spending breakdown – USA (2017)

Of the US$542 billion spent on research and development (R&D) in the United States in 2017, 73% was invested by businesses and 13% by universities

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Interview

Francisco de Assis Costa: The multiple faces of the Amazon

Economist points out the diversity of productive structures and the role of peasants dating back to the eighteenth century

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Demography

Global health in motion

A multidisciplinary team reviews the scientific evidence and challenges stereotypes regarding health and migration

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Funding

British universities face financial uncertainty

British universities are on the brink of a credit crunch, having run up debts of £10.8 billion amidst financial uncertainties caused by Brexit

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Interview

Peter Strohschneider: Freedom to seek the unknown

The president of the German Research Foundation, the DFG, believes it’s necessary to preserve space for research guided by scientists' curiosity

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INTERVIEW

Fabrício Bloisi: Local with global mindset

The president of Movile speaks about the future of iFood, which received funding of US$500 million, and encourages internationalization of innovative companies

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OUTREACH

Support for innovative research in Ceará

State creates mechanisms for funding corporate projects, despite the economic crisis

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Careers

Watching Brazil

Brazilian combines her interests in economics and public administration to study tax systems at a research institution in the United Kingdom

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Innovation

A Babel of startups

A startup support program in Santiago, Chile, is attracting entrepreneurs from around the world

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Funding

Reap what you sow

With ambitions to quadruple capital invested, São Paulo investment fund backs 20 innovative companies

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Economy

China closing in on the USA

US$254 billion was the approximate value invested in R&D activities by China in 2017

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