This article discussed why specific efforts aimed at establishing direct relationships between social inclusion problems and research and innovation projects are needed, what are the main difficulties to achieve this objective, and how these difficulties can be addressed. This focus came from the successive calls of a program called "Research and Innovation Oriented to Social Inclusion," implemented by the Research Council of the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. A critical appraisal of this experience and the main lessons learned were presented through the lens of an analytical tool: a circuit in which different types of actors interact while traveling along it. The point of departure of the circuit was the recognition that a problem that hampers social inclusion exists; the end of the circuit is reached if an effective solution for that problem is achieved. Some examples from actual research projects were included to illustrate the functioning of the circuit. The article analyzed with some detail the possible short circuits that may occur at each stage of the circuit and what their causes might be. It analyzed as well the transformations undergone by the "Research and Innovation Oriented to Social Inclusion" program and its attempts to avoid the short circuits, evolving in that way toward a more hands-on strategy to link research and societal needs.
RESUMEN. Los porqué y para qué una sociedad debe dedicar esfuerzos a la investigación y a la innovación están cambiando, incorporando como perspectiva central que los sectores más postergados sean sus destinatarios directos y tengan voz en su orientación. Luego de argumentar esta afirmación, el trabajo analiza algunos abordajes en torno a las articulaciones entre conocimiento, innovación e inclusión social, mostrando sus diferencias y, en ocasiones, divergencias. Ciertos enfoques teóricos que colaboran a entender mejor estas articulaciones son analizados, así como una experiencia específica de política de investigación en la Universidad de la República, Uruguay, que busca potenciarlas.Palabras clave: conocimiento, innovación, inclusión social, desarrollo, políticas de investigación ABSTRACT. The why and for what a given society should devote efforts to research and to innovation are changing; a new central perspective is growing which posit that vulnerable sectors should be the direct target of such efforts, having as well voice in its orientation. After justifying this assertion, the paper analizes some approaches around the articulation between knowledge, innovation and social inclusion, showing its differences and in occasions divergences. Some theoretical approaches that help understanding these articulations are analyzed, as well as a specific experience of research policy in the Universidad de la Repú-blica, Uruguay, aimed at fostering them. 25ISEGORÍA. Revista de Filosofía Moral y Política N.º 48, enero-junio, 2013, 25-50, ISSN: 1130-2097 doi: 10.3989/isegoria.2013 Investigación e innovación para la inclusión social: la trama de la teoría y de la política Sobre cierto desplazamiento de los para qué de la investigación y de la innovaciónLos para qué de la investigación y de la innovación, a la vez que se mantienen firmemente en la posición de columnas del desarrollo económico que han ocupado en las últimas décadas, se están desplazando, en la perspectiva de diversas organizaciones, hacia una ubicación más abarcativa y con un mayor peso normativo y social.
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