Formação de doutores no país e no exterior: estratégias alternativas ou complementares?

• Main Author: Velho Léa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2001-01-01
• Series: Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
• Subjects: science and technology; researchers training; scientific capability; doctorate abroad
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582001000300005

This article aims to stimulate a broad debate on the underlying logic in the policy for training researchers implemented by Brazilian science and technology funding agencies. The study was designed to answer the following question: when a country achieves domestic scientific training capability in sufficient quantity and quality, can it entirely do without training researchers abroad? The argument developed here is that the response depends on the respondent's premise. The article goes on to analyzes how different countries have dealt with the issue. Based on the data, the trend is to stimulate the mobility of human resources, especially young researchers who are still at the doctoral level. The Brazilian case is presented as "running contrary" to current trends.