Gabriela Bortz is a tenure-track Assistant Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Argentina), affiliated to the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology of Science and Technology (UNAHUR). She holds a PhD in Social Sciences (Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA), an MA in Science, Technology and Society (UNQ) with a Political Science graduate background (UBA). During 2021 she was appointed as a Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow at the Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School. She also teaches Innovation Policy, Inclusive Innovation and Sociology of Technology graduate courses.
Her work focuses on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies for inclusive and sustainable development. Her main research interest is on the production and social use of S&T to solve current societal challenges. Under that overarching theme she has worked on:
STI policies and instruments, biotechnology for development (focusing mainly on health: stems cells, biotherapeutics and potentialities for local and regional development), STI Participation and Governance, the bioeconomy as a sociotechnical imaginary for development in Latin America, and STI and gender inequalities.
Her mission is to transform scientific and technological knowledge into implementable solutions for real people, in specific contexts and territories. With that end, she conducts research, training, and connects people, organisations, disciplines, and regions so that Science, Technology, and Innovation can become engines and spaces for inclusion and social well-being, for environmental sustainability, regional development, and gender equality.
Selected publications:
- Bortz, G. and Gázquez, A. (forthcoming) ‘Addressing Inclusion and Sustainability in the Circulation of Knowledge’, in W. Keim and L. Rodriguez Medina (eds), Handbook on Circulation of Academic Knowledge, London: Routledge
- Bortz, G. and Thomas, H. (2019) ‘Parasites, Bugs and Banks. Problems and Constraints of Designing Policies and Technologies that Transform R&D into Healthcare Solutions. The Case of Chagas Disease in Argentina (2007-2017)‘, Innovation and Development 9.2: 225-243, DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2019.1567904
- Bortz, G. and Hernan, T. (2017) ‘Biotechnologies for Inclusive Development: Scaling-up, Knowledge Intensity and Empowerment (the case of the probiotic yoghurt ‘Yogurito’ in Argentina)‘, Innovation & Development 7.1: 37-61, DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2017.1281206
- Bortz, G.; Rosemann, A. and Vasen, F. (2019) ‘Shaping Stem Cell Therapies in Argentina. Regulation, Risk Management and Innovation Policies’, Sociologías (UFRGS) 21.50: 116-155.
- Bortz, G. and Gázquez, A. (2020) ‘Políticas CTI en Argentina Durante la Pandemia: ¿Oportunidad para Nuevas Redes Participativas en I+D+i? [STI Policies in Argentina During the Pandemic: An Opportunity for New Participatory Networks in R&D?]’, Debates Sobre Innovación 5.1: 16-23
- Bortz, G. (2019) ‘¡Hay Vida Fuera del Laboratorio! El Desafío Científico de Transformar Conocimientos en Soluciones a Problemas Sociales y Ambientales‘, Elemental Watson: 72-81