Fernanda Beigel - Key Texts for Latin American Sociology

Fernanda Beigelis a sociologist and holds a degree in Social and Political Sciences. Principal Researcher at CONICET (INCIHUSA, Mendoza, Argentina), Head Professor in Latin American Sociology and Director of the Doctoral Program at the National University of Cuyo. She has been the director of the Research Program on Academic Dependency in Latin America (PIDAAL) since 2004. Her doctoral studies were fulfilled under the guidance of Arturo Andrs Roig and her postdoctoral studies at the Centre de Sociologie Europenne (EHESS, Paris) with Gisle Sapiro. Awards include: Bernardo Houssay Award (2003), CLASCO International Essay First Prize (2004) and Mention of Honor for Scientific Value (2017). A specialist in the Sociology of Science and Latin American Sociology, her most recent publications are: The Politics of Academic Autonomy in Latin America (Ashgate); Publishing from the periphery: Structural heterogeneity and segmented circuits. The evaluation of scientific publications for tenure in Argentinas CONICET (2014), Current Sociology, 62(5): 743765; El nuevo carcter de la dependencia intelectual (2016), Cuestiones de Sociologia, 14: 4568; Peripheral Scientists, between Ariel and Caliban. Institutional Know-how and Circuits of Recognition in Argentina. The Career-best Publications of the Researchers at CONICET (2017), DadosRevista de Cincias Sociais, Rio de Janeiro, 60(3): 825865; with O. Gallardo and F. Bekerman, Institutional expansion and scientific development in the periphery: The structural heterogeneity of Argentinas academic field (2018), Minerva, 56(3): 305331; Las relaciones de poder en la ciencia mundial. Un anti-ranking para conocer la ciencia producida en la periferia (2018), Nueva Sociedad, 74: 1328.