Scholarly Collaboration in Regional Science in Developing Countries: The Case of the Brazilian REAL Network

Eduardo Haddad and Otavio J. G. Sidone Jesús P. Mena-Chalco

No 2015_12, Working Papers, Department of Economics from University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Abstract: The Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014. That was 25 years to the day since Philip Israilevich and Geoffrey JD Hewings started a cooperative venture between the Federal Reserve Bank at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Since then, REAL has become one of the leading research centers of regional science worldwide. In this paper, we describe the scholarly network involving REAL’s alumni working in academia in Brazil. We analyze the patterns of research collaboration among around 50 Brazilian researchers whose main activities are related to academic institutions in Brazil. The Brazilian REAL Network has shown to be an interesting case study that reflects the pattern of evolving collaboration networks in scientifically emerging economies. The expansion of the REAL scientific collaboration network in Brazil arises as a relevant mechanism for both the qualitative leap of national scientific production in regional science and for the dissemination of knowledge in peripheral regions of the country. Conducted by the leadership of Geoffrey JD Hewings, it has helped to further develop regional science in the country. We also present some of the developments in areas of research in regional science of particular interest to Brazil and other developing countries, taking stock of some of the network’s contributions to the field.

Keywords: Regional science history; social networks in regional science; scholarly collaboration; regional science in developing countries; Geoffrey JD Hewings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 O33 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-10
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