Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298101 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 268
Publisher: 
Institute for Applied Economic Research (ipea), Brasília
Abstract: 
In this Discussion Paper, we focus our analysis on the Lattes Platform - a public initiative developed endogenously in the late 1990s which was very innovative - since it is a representative case of a scientific platform and is a paramount tool for the Brazilian scientific system. Although there are many academic studies published using data provided by the Lattes Platform, we identified a lack of official reports and articles that address Lattes as a digital platform and its adequacy in the context of the platform economy. We propose that the early-stage technology choices made by CNPq and the constant budget cuts for the Lattes Platform's maintenance and technological upgrading have strongly affected the platform's trajectory. As a consequence, the Lattes Platform may be locked-in to a technological trajectory that could lead to the stagnation of its functionalities, putting at risk its indispensable and infrastructural character.
Subjects: 
Lattes platform
platformization of science
platform infrastructuralization
science policy
JEL: 
O30
O33
O38
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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