Carlota Perez is a British-Venezuelan researcher, lecturer, and international consultant. She studies the interplay between technical change and society, focusing on lessons from technological revolutions for economic growth and development.
In her book, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages (2002), she presented her theory on the emergence and diffusion of technological revolutions and the role of finance in this process. Her research has enhanced the understanding of the connections between technology, innovation, economic development, technical and institutional change, and finance. She is currently working on a sequel, The Social Shaping of Technological Revolutions, which examines the roles of government, business, and civil society in harnessing technological potential.
Carlota holds honorary professorships at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London and at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance in Estonia. Her work is widely used in postgraduate courses globally, and she has lectured at numerous seminars and conferences.
Her career began in the 1970s with research into the energy crisis in Venezuela. She worked on international technology transfer and served as the founding Director of Technological Development at the Ministry of Industry, where she established the first venture capital fund in Venezuela. She has consulted for various Latin American governments and international organisations, including the UN, World Bank, and OECD, and has advised global corporations like IBM and Cisco.
Carlota received her Licence in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences from the University of Paris VII and her MA from San Francisco State University, where she developed her theory of technological revolutions. In 2021, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Utrecht University. Recognised in Forbes and Prospect magazine, her work continues to influence economic thought and policy.
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