Isabel Bortagaray is a doctoral candidate at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interest is science and technology policy, with a particular focus on economic and social development. Her PhD dissertation is titled " The building of Agricultural Biotechnology Capabilities in Small Countries: The Cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay ".

Ms. Bortagaray studied Sociology at undergraduate level and worked for five years in the area of science and technology and development before embarking on her doctoral studies. Her published work includes: " Scientific research collaboration in South America through the SCI® ", C.M.Allwood, S.Hemlin, y B.Martin (editors), Creative Knowledge Environments , E.Elgar, New York, 2004; " Evaluating the Distributional Consequences of Science and Technology Policies and Programs " with Susan E.Cozzens, and Kamau Bobb, Research Evaluation 11(2), 2002; " Science and Technology for Human Development -the logic of outcome indicators ", with Susan E.Cozzens, Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología en Iberoamérica-Agenda 2002 , RICYT, Buenos Aires, 2002; " Patrones tecnológicos en los países pequeños de América Latina. Aprendiendo del caso de Costa Rica " [Technological Patterns in Small Latin American Countries: Learning from the Costa Rican Case], Revista Espacios 22(3), Caracas, 2002.

Email: Isabel.bortagaray@pubpolicy.gatech.edu