Simon Schwartzman

Simon Schwartzman (born July 3, 1939 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian social scientist. He has published extensively, with many books, book chapters and academic articles in the areas of comparative politics, sociology of science, social policy, and education, with emphasis on Brazil and Latin America. He was the President of the Brazilian Association of Sociology in 1990–91, and President of the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) from 1994 to 1998. He is a retired professor from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and has taught at the University of São Paulo. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, holder of the Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit (1996), and officer of the National Order of Education Merit (2018). He is currently an associate researcher at the Institute for Studies in Economic Policy (Instituto de Estudos de Política Econômica / Casa das Garças) in Rio de Janeiro. Provided by Wikipedia