LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Perspectives for President Lula’s Third Administration in Brazil”

About the presentation: Hear from our Tinker Visiting Professor, Glauco Arbix, who is on campus this semester from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Formally, he was the general coordinator of the Strategic Unit, an advisory board to the President of the Brazilian Republic, as well as a member of the Brazilian National Council of Science and Technology.

About the presenter: Tinker Visiting Professor of Sociology, Glauco Arbix, is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of São Paulo (USP), head of Humanities area of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and coordinator of the Observatory for Innovation, at the Institute of Advanced Studies (USP). He was former president of the Brazilian Agency for Innovation (FINEP, 2011-2015) and of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA, 2003-2006). At the Brazilian Government, he was general coordinator of the Strategic Unit (2003-2006, an advisory board to the President of the Republic). Member of the United Nations Development Program’s International Advisory Group (2006-2009), and of the Brazilian National Council of Science and Technology (2007-2010). He was Tinker Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visiting scholar at the MIT (2010, U.S.), research fellow at Columbia University (2009, U.S.), at the UC-Berkeley (2007, U.S.), and at The London School of Economics (2002).

Please note that while this lecture will be given live, in person in 206 Ingraham Hall, you have the option of viewing it remotely via Zoom. Please pre-register to attend via Zoom HERE.