Ciencia y Política en tiempos del COVID-19

Ernesto Calvo; Paula Clerici; Sebastián Vallejo Vera

Ernesto Calvo Universidad de Maryland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5770-1391
Paula Clerici Universidad Torcuato Di Tella https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8187-8143
Sebastián Vallejo Vera Tecnológico de Monterrey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5848-7400

Palabras clave: COVID-19, Ciencia Política, Ciencia de Datos

Resumen

A partir de diciembre del 2019, la ciencia, la cultura y la política del mundo comenzaron a producir diariamente una masa de datos previamente inimaginable para entender la naturaleza del COVID-19 y sus efectos sobre nuestro mundo-de-la-vida. Estos esfuerzos colectivos representan un cambio en cantidad, pero también en sustancia, que han permitido que todos nosotros hayamos observado el shock producido por el COVID-19 con una velocidad antes impensable, en forma global y local, social e individual, desde una variedad de datos clínicos, sociales, económicos y políticos. El objetivo de este artículo es entender la relación entre información y ciencia política en el contexto actual, describir las agendas generadas por la crisis del COVID-19 y discutir el modo en que las demandas profesionales prometen acelerar nuevas formas de colaboración en ciencia política, la colaboración con otras disciplinas, así como también las desigualdades que ello genera.

Biografía del autor/a

Ernesto Calvo, Universidad de Maryland

Profesor de Gobierno y Política en la Universidad de Maryland. College Park.

Paula Clerici, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Profesora asociada en el Departamento de Ciencia Política y Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella e investigadora asistente del Conicet.

Sebastián Vallejo Vera, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Profesor-investigador del Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Región Ciudad de México.

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