Currently, research activities developed at the IESCT are developed mainly under three research programs:

Social Studies of Science and Technology
The Research Program “Social Studies of Science and Technology” is a continuation of the Priority Research Program: “Socio-historical Studies of Science and Technology” developed at the IESCT-UNQ between 2003 and 2007. The program aims to contribute to a better understanding of the social production and use of scientific and technological knowledge in our country, and peripheral contexts in general. The research aims at generating substantive contributions for the improvement of relations between knowledge producers and users, the development of science, technology, innovation and development public policies, and the social democratization of locally produced knowledge. Director: Dr. Hernán Thomas.

Currents projects

• "Grassroots innovation in historical and comparative perspective. Historical perspectives and comparative analysis based innovation in India and Latin America." STEPS Centre - University of Sussex. Director: Adrian Smith. Argentinean node led by Hernán Thomas and Mariano Fressoli. (2011-2015)
• Project: “Development of Technologies for Social Inclusion. Building capabilities in the MERCOSUR”, Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, Members of the Group of 77, UNDP. (2011-2013)
• PIP Project No. 112-201101-01135: “Laws and theories in biological and biomedical sciences.” Directed by Paul Lorenzano, funded by the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). (2012-2014)
• Project EDU2010-16553/PICT 2011-0576: “Teaching and Learning about the nature of science and technology (EANCYT): An experimental and longitudinal research”. Led by Dr. Angel Vazquez Alonso, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) and funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (2011-2013). Led in Argentina by Dr. Silvia Porro, ANPCyT funded. (2012-2015)
• PUNQ Project, 1019-1011: “Theories and scientific practices.” As part of the research program “Philosophy and History of Science”, IESCT-UNQ. Director: Pablo Lorenzano. (2011-2015)
• PUNQ Project 1019/11: “Models and representation in formal and factual sciences. Historical and conceptual analysis”, as part of the research program “Philosophy and History of Science”, IESCT-UNQ. Director: Pablo Lorenzano. (2011-2015)
• PICT 2011 Youth Project No. 1713: “Scientific knowledge and agricultural production: the role of experts in the regulation of the production and use of scientific and technological knowledge for the agricultural sector in Argentina.” Led by Dr. Pablo Pellegrini, ANPCyT.
• Bicentennial PICT Project (PICT-2010-0319): “Scientific realism and ancient astronomy.” Category A, Type D (newly formed groups). Res. ANPCyT N ° 98/11. Director: Christian Carman. (2011-2013)
• PIP Project 2008 No. 112-200801-02344: “The production of knowledge-intensive technologies in Argentina (1946 to present). Socio-technical analysis of local experiences of research, development and technological innovation”. Director: Dr. Hernán Thomas, CONICET.
• PICT Project 2008 No. 2115: “Science and Technology for the resolution of social problems. Survey and analysis of institutional capacities for research and development, production, implementation and management of Social Technologies in Argentina (food, housing, energy and health).” Director: Dr. Hernán Thomas, ANPCyT.
• PICT Project 2007-00245: “New Technologies: conditions for evaluating risks and opportunities.” Director: Dr. Fernando Molina Tula, ANPCyT.
• PIP Project 2008 No. 114-200801-00411: “Production of scientific knowledge, political representations and state intervention in the polio epidemic of 1955 and 1956 in Argentina.” Director: Dr. Juan Pablo Zabala, CONICET.
• PICT 2008 Youth Project No. 1252: “The astronomical observatories and the spatial, temporal and climatic Argentinean territory from 1870 to 1920." Director: Dr. Marina Rieznik, ANPCyT.
• 11/H499 Project: “The interconnections between language, logic and calculation. Historical and theoretical perspectives”, Incentive Program for Research, National University of La Plata. Director: Oscar Esquisabel. Co-Director: Prof. Dr. Javier Legris. (2008-2012)
• Project “Technologies for Social Inclusion and Public Policies in Latin America”. Directors: Hernán Thomas and Renato Dagnino (DPCT-UNICAMP, Brazil), International Development Research Centre (Canada).
• PICT 2007 No. 1558: “Theories and scientific practices.” Director: Pablo Lorenzano, ANPCyT/FONCyT (2009-2012).