María Antonia Ruth Sautu Explained

María Antonia Ruth Sautu
Birth Date:25 February 1932
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:Sociologist

María Antonia Ruth Sautu (born 25 February 1932) is an Argentine sociologist and methodologist.

She is a professor emeritus at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and she works as a researcher and project director at its Gino Germani Research Institute. She is also a member of the .[1]

She received the Bernardo Houssay Career Award in 2004.[2]

Academic career

María Antonia Ruth Sautu was born in Buenos Aires on 25 February 1932.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree as a national public accountant at UBA in 1952. She also studied economics at the same university, obtaining a licentiate in 1960.

She did postgraduate studies at the UBA's Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, and in 1962 she obtained a Certificate of Sociological Studies for Graduates from its Department of Sociology. After completing her postgraduate studies, she moved to England in 1969, for which she obtained scholarships from the Ford Foundation, the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and the Torcuato di Tella Institute. At the London School of Economics, she completed a doctorate in economics with a focus in sociology, with the thesis Economic Development and Stratification in Argentina: 1869–1955.[1] [4]

Sautu returned to Argentina and devoted herself fully to university teaching and research, working at various institutions. She was an associate researcher at the di Tella Institute's Center for Social Research from 1964 to 1974, and was also an associate researcher at Harvard University's Population Center, under the direction of professor, from March to April 1969. She has been a profesora titular regular of the Chair of Methodology and Techniques of Social Research of the sociology program of UBA's Faculty of Social Sciences since 1986.[5] Since 2005, she has held her profesora regular role as a professor emeritus at UBA.[3]

She has also written several books, including El empresario y la innovación (1972) and Manual de Metodología. Construcción del marco teórico, formulación de los objetivos y elección de la metodología (2005). She has also been the compiler and author of journal articles such as "Práctica de la Investigación Cuantitativa y Cualitativa. Articulación entre la Teoría, los Métodos y las Técnicas" (2007).

Public service

From December 1983 to December 1987, Sautu served as Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce of the Economy Ministry of Buenos Aires Province. From May 1988 to May 1989, she was a cabinet advisor to the national executive branch's Secretariat of Housing and Environmental Management.

Also, from June to December 1989, she served as Senior Industrial Development Officer of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna.[6]

Sautu participated in science and technology studies that led to the design of national laws and programs for science and technology. From 1997 to 2005, she was a member of the Evaluation Commission for scientific quality certificates at the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation.[7]

Awards and distinctions

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: La Academia de Educación tiene ocho nuevos miembros . The Academy of Education Has Eight New Members . . Spanish . 2000-01-12 . 2021-08-16.
  2. News: Premiaron a numerosos científicos argentinos . Numerous Argentine Scientists Awarded . . Spanish . 2004-11-05 . 2021-08-16.
  3. Web site: Ruth Sautu . . Spanish . 2021-08-16.
  4. Web site: Ph. D. María Antonia Ruth Sautu . National University of Córdoba Faculty of Economic Sciences . Spanish . 2021-08-16.
  5. Book: Germani, Ana Alejandra . Gino Germani. Del antifascismo a la sociología . Gino Germani: From Antifascist to Sociologist . Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina . 9789870427148 . . Spanish . 2013-03-16 . 2021-08-16 . Google Books.
  6. Book: Annual Report and Handbook . . 86 . 1990 . 2021-08-16 . Google Books.
  7. Web site: Consejo asesor . 17 April 2018 . Advisory Board . Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation of Argentina . Spanish . 2021-08-16.

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