2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

61 PROJECTS INITIATED OR APPROVED IN 2020 School of Management and Social Sciences Revealed comparative advantages in scientific and technological disciplines This project aims to estimate revealed comparative advantage indices for scientific and technological disciplines, drawing on the seminal work of Bela Balassa (1965). Multiple revealed comparative advantage indices have been estimated in the international trade literature, with this study being the first application of this idea to the evaluation of scientific output. A country has revealed comparative advantage in an area if that area has a greater weight in national scientific output than the discipline has in global scientific output. The project extends the theoretical framework, considers how to perform statistical significance tests on the results, and computes the respective indices in terms of published articles and citations. Principal Investigator: Dr. Néstor Gandelman Funding: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Duration: 12 months School of Architecture Structural characterization of nailed laminated wood panels made from fast-growing species for housing production The objective of this project is to determine the structural properties of nailed laminated wood panels (NLT) and doweled laminated timber (DLT) constructed with Uruguayan pine and eucalyptus wood, to build mezzanines, roofs, and walls in social housing. Principal Investigator: Dr. Laura Moya Funding: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Duration: 24 months Institute of Education Training for Directors of the Ceibal Plan (third cohort) This project aims to provide training to principals of the National Public Education Administration (ANEP) through the postgraduate Diploma in Educational Planning and Management. Project Leaders: Ana Olmedo, B.A., and Dr. Andrea Tejera Funding: Plan Ceibal Duration: 12 months