Claes Brundenius is Honorary Professor. He holds a PhD in Economic History from Lund University. He was working as a Research Fellow at the RPI already in the 1980s, and he has been a Guest Professor at Pittsburgh University and Smith College, USA. Between 1997 and 2003 he was Senior Researcher and Research Director at the Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen. His main interest is research and policy studies on the role and impact of STI policies and strategies in developing countries. His current work has focused on policy analysis of technological change and knowledge based development in developing and transition economies, notably in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, and Africa.
Earlier in his career, Claes Brundenius was employed at the Directorate for Scientific Affairs at the OECD, dealing with human resources development and technological upgrading in member countries. In the 1970s and the 1980s he spent much time in Latin America (primarily Brazil, Cuba, Chile and Peru) as advisor to governments on development strategies. He has also done numerous short-term missions for agencies such as Sida, Sarec, UNIDO, UNCTC, UNDP, Danida and Norad.
His latest edited books include: Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative. Challenges to the Copper Industry, Edward Elgar Press, London (2003); Globalization and Third World Socialism. Cuba and Vietnam (with John Weeks), Palgrave, London (2001); Reconstruction or Destruction? Science and Technology at Stake in Transition Economies (with Bo Göransson and Prasada Reddy), Universities Press, India (1999); New Technologies and Global Restructuring. The Third World at a Crossroads (with Bo Göransson), Taylor Graham, London (1993).
His latest articles and book chapters include: Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative in Chile. Challenges to the Largest Copper Producer in the World (in C. Brundenius [ed.], see above), 2003; From Nationalisation to Re-Privatisation of the Peruvian Copper Industry: Structural Changes and Impact on Environmental Sustainability (in C. Brundenius [ed.], see above), 2003; Whither the Cuban Economy after Recovery? The Reform Process, Upgrading Strategies and the Question of Transition, Journal of Latin American Studies, No. 34, May 2002; Industrial Upgrading and Human Capital in Cuba, in Pedro Monreal (ed.), Development Prospects in Cuba. An Agenda in the Making, Institute of Latin American Studies, London, 2002.
