Article ID: CBB354671456

Science funding under an authoritarian regime: Portugal's National Education Board and the European ‘academic landscape’ in the interwar period (2021)

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This article enables an understanding of scientific practice and funding in a peripheral country ruled by a dictatorship in the interwar period, and thus provides the basis for comparison with studies of other non-democratic regimes. We examine the work of Portugal's Junta de Educação Nacional (National Education Board), which administered and provided funding for science from 1929 to 1936. Our findings show that this public body encouraged the participation of the Portuguese academic community in international science networks. This scenario contrasts with the dominant historiographical thesis that between the wars the Portuguese academic community did not play a role in international networks, and that it lacked state support. Also in contrast with the dominant historiography, whose ideological bias meant that a simplified picture was portrayed, whereas the reality is shown to be complex, this study demonstrates that the Portuguese dictatorial state sought to foster scientific progress through the Junta, but that resentment among academics and the resistance of universities to innovation meant that this objective was only partially achieved. Finally, the memory of a number of scientists has been rescued from oblivion, as we show how their political stance during the dictatorship led to their being ignored by historiographers when democracy prevailed.

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Authors & Contributors
Saraiva, Tiago
Cristina Luís
Sousa, M. Luisa
Miri, Johnny
Pléh, Csaba
Turner, Chris
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and government
Funding and finance
Colonialism
Fascism
Government sponsored science
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Portugal
Germany
Spain
Italy
Timor Island
Mozambique
Institutions
Great Britian. Parliamentary and Scientific Committee
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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