Colaboration opportunities

MURIEL DE OLIVEIRA GAVIRASchool of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Brazil

muriel.gavira@fca.unicamp.br

Past research projects

Legitimation Strategies of Clean Energy Entrepreneurs in the

State of São Paulo (CNPq) - Nov. 2013-Jul.2015

Partners: DPCT/UNICAMP; UFPR

Objective: collection of data about strategy, entrepreneurship

and innovation in the clean energy industry in Brazil

Big Data of Biofuel Production Process in Developing countries:

Case of Brazil, Indonesia and Sudan - Nov.2014-Jul.2015

Partner: BIARI-Brown Univ.

Objective: to develop a database of sustainable indicators

regarding biofuel production

Entrepreneurship and citizenship – Dez.2014-Dez.2015

Partners: CITIDEP; e-Planning Research Network

Objective: analyze if and how entrepreneurship is the most

advanced form of citizen autonomy

ICT as an enable to Social entrepreneurship – Dez.14-Dez.2015

Partners: e-Planning Research Network, Brazilian Institute of

Information for Science and Technology (IBICT)

Objective: Study the application of ICT technologies to support

social entrepreneurs in the Northeast of Brazil

Youth Entrepreneurship of high school students of Limeira 2013-2014

Viability Study of the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Limeira - 2014

Innovation and Innovation Management in the Bioethanol Sector – NAGISE - 2013 to 2015

UNICAMP’S Agroecology Network: integrating teaching, research and extension in the participatory construction of agroecological knowledge – 2011-2013

Risks and Entrepreneurial Opportunities from Climate Change to the Biomass Energy Sector in Developing Countries – 2009-2010

Present research projects and topics

• UK: one of the world's leaders in sustainability concerns

and policies

1) Sustainable Innovation System

• Clean energy

• Impact in sustainable entrepreneurship

• Study (and compare) the technological innovation

systems of Brazil and UK to understand their support to

the development and diffusion of clean technologies

2) e-Planning for sustainable challenges

• Study the use of ICT technologies to sustainable

challenges in the urban and rural

• Natural resource

• Income distribution and social justice

Workshop "Science, Technology and Innovation Systems: Dynamics, Governance and Public Policy“

March, 2015 - Campinas, SP, Brazil

Recent Publications

GAVIRA, M. O. Environmental sustainability of the sugarcane industry. In: SALLES FILHO, S.M. (coord.) Future of bioethanol: Brazil in the lead? (in Portuguese). Editora Elsevier/Campus (forthcoming).

GAVIRA, M. O. Research and development financing in the renewable energy industry in Brazil. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, v.2, i. 3, set./2014.

BELO, J. M.; GAVIRA, M. O. Policy for financing innovation to domestic manufacturers of generation and distribution equipments of renewable energy. In: GUERRA, J. B. S. O. A. et al. (org.) Energy efficiency and renewable energy

production: policies, opportunities and challenges for market, science and education. (In Portuguese). Florianópolis: Consórcio Projeto REGSA, 2014.

RODRIGUES, T.A.G.; GAVIRA, M. O. Mapping sustainable initiatives in the Brazilian electricity sector. In: GUERRA, J. B. S. O. A. et al. (org.) Energy efficiency and renewable energy production: policies, opportunities and challenges for market, science and education. (In Portuguese). Florianópolis: Consórcio Projeto REGSA, 2014.

GAVIRA, M. O. Environmental performance evaluation, environmental communication and reporting. In: MORAES, C. S.B.; PUGLIESI, (ed.). Environmental audit and certification (in Portuguese). Curitiba: Editora IBPEX, 2014.

GAVIRA, M. O. Entrepreneurial environment in the Brazilian renewable energy industry. In: The International Association for Management of Technology Conference - Iamot, April 14-18, 2013, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2013.