A administração da relevância em pesquisas sobre mudança climática

Abstract

In this study I intend to investigate how it is performed, by scientists, the administration of the relevance of scientific research in the context of climate change. That is, as the importance of a particular scientific research object is presented through publications in technical-scientific network (LATOUR, 2008), taking into account the contextual contingencies of construction of scientific knowledge. Therefore, I will have reference to the scientific articles produced by researchers at Rede CLIMA within the Climate Modeling subnet, from 2007 to 2013, considering the concept of administration of relevance (KNORR-CETINA, 2005). Considering that in modern society science has important role, it is important to shed light, sociologically, on the knowledge of production processes and their relation to practical contexts of which emerge and in which they operate. The approach of the object is qualitative and descriptive, with literature, documentary research and content analysis.