Countervailing institutional forces that shape internationalization of science: an analysis of Brazil's Science without Borders program

Colonial legacies in internationalisation of higher education: racial justice and geopolitical redress in South Africa and Brazil

“…The Brazilian government has launched numerous internationalisation efforts -CAPES and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development [CNP] programmes, Science without Borders - (Rivas and Mullet 2016;McManus and Nobre 2017;Nery 2017). However, the focus has been on efforts to expand scientific networks and to increase Brazilian student mobility towards countries in Europe and North America and within Latin America, whereas academic collaboration and exchange with African countries seemed to be more of a footnote.…”

Profile of Brazilian Dental Undergraduates who participated of Science Without Borders Program and their perceptions on sandwich course

“…The SwB program for society would have as short or medium term impact the internationalization of the academic production and the integration of the national research centers with the rest of the world, considering that the returned students could act as vectors in the dissemination of the knowledge acquired abroad. In the long term, the main impact would be to increase productivity and the development of human capital in the economy 20 . Almost all the participants in this study considered themselves professionals or future professionals more capable after the exchange.…”

Developing Brains, Developing Nations: Can Scientists Be Effective Non-state Diplomats?

“…Personal connection can shatter border walls (Rivas and Mullet, 2016). For instance, shortly after the reinstatement of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba in 2014, a delegation of American scientists visited their Cuban counterparts in an event jointly organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Cuban Academy of Sciences (Fink et al, 2014).…”

“…Indeed, Start-Up Chile now supports its first Bolivian startup comprised of CdeCBo members. In Brazil, the Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) funds 93,000 fellowships supporting STEM graduate students abroad (Rivas and Mullet, 2016). Recognizing the importance of domestically based talent, the prestigious International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) awards "Return Home" fellowships that incentivize the best young neuroscientists trained abroad to establish careers in their home country.…”