Prof. Hebe VESSURI
	Vice Chair of the Regional Scientific Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean and Vice Chair of the Global Scientific Committee

Country: Venezuela Current position: Senior Researcher and Head of the Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela Academic discipline: Ph.D. Phil. in Social Anthropology, Oxford University, U.K. Published in areas of: Science, technology and development; science, culture and society; academics and market relations; relevance of higher education and science in Latin America; R&D and Latin American universities; social sciences and ethics; challenges in creation of scientific communities in contexts of underdevelopment; institutionalization processes; innovation and strategies for scientific research in Latin America; and social anthropology. Member, National System for the Promotion of Researchers (SPI), Venezuela. Vice-president, Committee on Sociology of Science, International Sociological Association (ISA). Former Vice President, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). Former member, External Advisory and Monitoring Committee, Inter-American Development Bank-COLCIENCIAS III.