Judith Sutz

Judith Sutz has done research related with Science, Technology and Development during the last twenty years, working in academic centers of Venezuela, France and Uruguay and receiving academic awards. Currently she is Full Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Scientific Research Council of the University de la República, Uruguay, where she inaugurated the teaching of Science, Technology and Society; she has also given courses in several Latin American countries and in Spain, and oriented postgraduate students. She has written a long list of papers, books and chapters of books - in Spanish, English and French - related with social aspects of informatics, technical change, innovation systems, competitiveness, higher education and underdevelopment, including articles in leading international journals. In Latin America and France she participated in several Research Projects and she was the Coordinator of the Projects "Uruguay: the electronic complex of a small country", "Possibilities and risks of an active insertion in the world market: the case of Uruguay", and "Systemic Competitiveness and Innovation in Uruguay". From 1991 to 1997 she was the Secretary of Science, Technology and Development of the Latin American Commission of Social Sciences (CLACSO). She has worked as a Consultant for several national and international organizations. At the Central University of Venezuela she received a degree in electrical engineering (1979) and obtained her Masters in Development Planning (1982). At the University of the Paris-Sorbonne she received a "Doctorat de Troisième Cycle" in Socio-Economi'a of the Development (1984).