The paper investigates historical aspects of the formation of the scientific community of economists in Brazil, taking the current research effort about the economics of Covid-19 as a starting-point of the narrative. The transnational character of science in general and economics in particular...

The paper investigates historical aspects of the formation of the scientific community of economists in Brazil, taking the current research effort about the economics of Covid-19 as a starting-point of the narrative. The transnational character of science in general and economics in particular...

Die Pandemie wirkt wie ein Katalysator auf die lang andauernde Debatte über das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Politik. Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung wird gerade in der Krise zur umstrittenen Expertise und tangiert Grundverständnisse: „Saubere“ Trennung zwischen den beiden Sphären...