• Bernardo Souza Buarque

    Project Researcher
Bio

Bernardo S. Buarque is a Project Researcher at the Institute for Future Initiatives, working at the Center for Global Commons. His research draws on complex network analysis and dynamical systems modeling to develop empirical methods for tracing how ideas, scientific outputs, and technological capabilities diffuse across regions and communities—and how these dynamics intersect with societal needs and policy agendas.

Previously, he was a Te Pūnaha Matatini Postdoctoral Fellow based at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research in New Zealand, where he examined the two-way relationship between scientific research and environmental policy.
Prior to moving to Wellington, he was a Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and earned his PhD from University College Dublin.

Research Interests
  • Science of Science
  • Economic Geography
  • Innovation & Knowledge Diffusion
  • Complex Networks
  • Computational Social Science
  • Science-Policy Evaluation
Publications
  • Buarque, B. S., Davies, R. B., Kogler, D. F., Hynes, R. M. (2019). OK Computer: The Creation and Integration of AI in Europe. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society. rsz023. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsz023
  • Kogler, D. F., Whittle, A., & Buarque, B. S. (2022). The Science Space of Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Production: Global and Regional Patterns. In Routledge Handbook of Smart Technologies, p.p. 241-268. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429351921
  • Hynes, R. M., Buarque, B. S., Davies, R.D., & Kogler, D. F. (2023). Hops, Skips, and a Jump: The Regional Uniqueness of Beer Syles. In The Geography of Beer: Policies, Perceptions, and Places, p.p. 319-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39008-1_25
  • Buarque, B.S., Vogl, M., & Kaye, A. (2025). Growing and Pruning the Archive: An Agent-Based Model to Build Letter Correspondence Networks. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 40(4), p.p. 1101-1114. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqaf081
  • Higham, K., Buarque, B.S., & Baisden, T. (2025). Evidence-Based Policymaking and Public Management. Emerging Empirical Approaches. Policy Quarterly, 21(2), p.p. 38-47. https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v21i2.9817

    • Forthcoming

  • Buarque, B.S., Higham, K., & Baisden, T. How Can History Inform Climate Policy? Using Policy Citations and Bibliometric Analysis to Measure the Current and Potential Applications. In Big Historical Data: Theories, Methods, and Applications. Springer.
  • Buarque, B.S., Kogler, D.F., Davies, R.D., & Hynes, R.M. The Uneven Geography of Telecommunication Standard Essential Patents. Journal of Economic Geography.
  • Buarque, B.S., Casas, P., Fernandez-Macias, E., Gonzalez-Vasquez, I., Hynes, R., Kogler, D.F., & Salotti, S. Artificial Intelligence Across EU Regions: Patents, Exposure and Use. Regional Studies.