Promote collaborative and interdisciplinary reflection on topics that are at the frontier of knowledge, strengthening the country's scientific development. In short, this is the objective of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IdEA), opened this morning at Unicamp. With its own headquarters (where the Banco Itaú branch was, close to the Rectory), the Institute has already started operating. After a ceremony with authorities and the unveiling of the plaque, the Scientific and Cultural Council, chaired by professor Carlos Vogt - rector of Unicamp between 1990 and 1994, held its first meeting. IdEA's agenda of activities, coordinated by professor Alcir Pécora, from IEL (Institute of Language Studies), includes major events, publications, project formulation and research groups on various areas of knowledge. The Resident Artist and Resident Researcher programs are also back at Unicamp, starting next year. The first official event to be promoted by the organization is a seminar, whose theme is “Post-Truth and Fake News”, to be carried out together with the newspaper Folha de S. PaulO. The date is being set.
IdEA succeeds two other bodies that also had, among their respective responsibilities, the mission of reflecting on topics linked to the advancement of science and humanities: the Center for Advanced Studies (CEAv) and the Strategic Thinking Forum (Penses).
Watch the report produced by TV Unicamp:
See who is part of the IdEA Scientific and Cultural Council:
Carlos Alberto Vogt – Professor Emeritus and professor. Unicamp holder. Former rector of Unicamp. President of the Scientific and Cultural Council of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Unicamp - IdEA
Antonio Alcir Bernardez Pécora - Full Professor of the Area of Literary Theory, Institute of Language Studies (Unicamp). Member of the Accademia Ambrosiana (Milan, Italy). Coordinator of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Unicamp – IdEA
Anderson Campos Fauth - Associate Professor at the Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics at Unicamp. Coordinator of the Unicamp-UFF collaboration to study solar activity and global climate change. Deputy Coordinator of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Unicamp - IdEA
Augusto Rodrigues – President of the Board of Trustees of the Padre Anchieta Foundation and Member of the Advisory Board of the Oseas Foundation.
Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz – Scientific Director of Fapesp and former dean of Unicamp.
Celso lafer – Professor Emeritus and Full Professor at the University of São Paulo. Former Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce and Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of Brazil to the WTO and the UN.
Erney Plessmann de Camargo – Full Professor at UNIFESP and the University of São Paulo. He is Scientific Coordinator of the Conrado Wessel Foundation and President of the Butantã Foundation.
Eugenio Bucci – Full Professor at the School of Communication and Arts (ECA-USP). Superintendent of Social Communication at USP. Member of the Deliberative Council of the Institute of Advanced Studies at USP.
Helena Bonciani Nader - Full Professor at Unifesp. President of SBPC (2011-2017), member of the biological coordination of Fapesp and the Superior Council of Capes.
José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira Filho – Boni – Economist, businessman, working in the areas of culture, communication and entertainment. Executive Director of the EPTV Group, dthe newspaper A Cidade de Ribeirão Preto and Tribuna Imprensa de Araraquara.
Maria Alice Setubal - Neca Setúbal as she is known is a sociologist and PhD in Psychology. She is president of the Advisory Board of the Tide Setubal Foundation and president of the Board of Directors of Cenpec (Center for Studies and Research in Education, Culture and Community Action).
Martin Grosman - Full Professor at the University of São Paulo. He is part of the Scientific Committee of the Intercontinental Academy at IES/USP and is the academic coordinator of the Olavo Setúbal Chair of Art, Culture and Science. He coordinates the Permanent Forum Research Group: Cultural System between Public and Private. He is deputy director of the USP Museum of Contemporary Art.
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro - Full Professor of Political Science USP (retired) and president of the UN Commission for investigation into the Syrian Arab Republic, Geneva.
Ronald Cintra Shellard - Head researcher and director of the Brazilian Center for Physical Research. He is a partner at SBF, SBPC, APS, IOP and AAAS.
Wilson Ferreira Junior - Electrical Engineer and Business Administrator with a Masters in Energy from the University of São Paulo (USP). President of Eletrobrás.
