Heterodox Technology

Agustín Lage Dávila

Cuban physician, immunologist, and theorist of science and innovation policy, known for his work on biotechnology development and the knowledge economy in Cuba

Alister McIntyre

Grenadian economist and development specialist, known for his work on Caribbean economic integration and development, served as Secretary-General of CARICOM and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies

Alonso Aguilar Monteverde

Mexican economist and political scientist, known for his Marxist analysis of Mexican capitalism, imperialism, and post-revolutionary economic development. Professor at UNAM and influential figure in Latin American political economy.

Álvaro Vieira Pinto

Brazilian philosopher, epistemologist, and educator associated with ISEB (Instituto Superior de Estudos Brasileiros), known for philosophy of technology and critical pedagogy

Amílcar Oscar Herrera

Argentine physicist, philosopher of science, and pioneering Latin American scholar in science and technology policy who developed the Latin American World Model as an alternative to the Club of Rome's model

Antoine Benjamin Zahlan

Palestinian physicist and pioneering scholar of science and technology policy in the Arab world, advocate for indigenous technological development and critic of technological dependency

Archie Mafeje

South African anthropologist and public intellectual, pioneering critic of colonial anthropology and advocate for indigenous African epistemologies

Armando Córdova

Venezuelan economist and social scientist, prominent theorist of dependency theory and Latin American underdevelopment, professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela

Ashis Nandy

Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic, known for his work on the psychology of colonialism, critiques of modernity, and alternative sciences

Bade Onimode

Nigerian Marxist economist and political economist, known for his critical analysis of imperialism, underdevelopment, and structural adjustment programs in Africa

Benedict S. Mongula

Tanzanian economist and development scholar specializing in dependency theory and structural adjustment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Carlos Matus

Chilean economist and political scientist who developed Situational Strategic Planning (PES - Planificación Estratégica Situacional), a methodology for government planning and policy-making in complex political contexts

Celso Monteiro Furtado

Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of the 20th century in Latin America, known as the founder of economic structuralism and dependency theory in Brazil

Claude Ake

Nigerian political scientist and leading theorist of African political economy and democracy, known for his critical analysis of development theory and advocacy for participatory democracy in Africa

Clive Yolamu Thomas

Guyanese economist and political theorist known for his work on dependency theory, Caribbean political economy, and critiques of extraction and exploitation in peripheral economies

C.Y. Thomas

Dal Yong Jin

Korean-Canadian media and communication scholar, professor at Simon Fraser University, known for theorizing platform imperialism and studying the global cultural and digital economy

Daniel Chudnovsky

Argentine economist specializing in technology, innovation, and industrial development in Latin America

Dani Wadada Nabudere

Ugandan scholar, activist, and pan-Africanist who pioneered Afrikology as a theoretical framework and was a leading critic of imperialism and neocolonialism in Africa

Darcy Ribeiro

Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist, and politician known for his theories on Latin American civilizations and educational reform

Denis M. Benn

Jamaican political scientist, diplomat, and scholar specializing in Caribbean political economy, development, and intellectual history. Former Ambassador and Vice-Chancellor candidate at the University of the West Indies.

Dennis M. Benn

Jamaican political scientist and scholar specializing in Caribbean political economy, intellectual history, and development theory. Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus.

Edelberto Torres-Rivas

Guatemalan sociologist and political scientist, renowned for his work on dependency theory, democratization, and social development in Central America

Enzo Faletto

Chilean sociologist and political scientist, key figure in Latin American dependency theory and development studies

Florestan Fernandes

Brazilian sociologist, considered the founder of Brazilian sociology and a leading figure in Latin American dependency theory and social thought

George L. Beckford

Jamaican economist and social scientist, pioneering theorist of plantation economy and Caribbean development studies

Gérard Pierre-Charles

Haitian Marxist economist, sociologist, and political leader who analyzed Caribbean underdevelopment and neocolonialism

Hamza Alavi

Pakistani Marxist sociologist and political economist known for his theory of the postcolonial state and analysis of class structures in South Asia

Havelock R. Brewster

Guyanese economist and leading expert on Caribbean economic integration and development, served as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Helio Jaguaribe

Brazilian political scientist, sociologist, and economist, prominent theorist of development and dependency theory in Latin America

Herb Addo

Ghanaian political economist and theorist known for his work on dependency theory, imperialism, and critical perspectives on the international economic order from a Third World viewpoint

Herbord Addo

Ghanaian political scientist and scholar specializing in dependency theory, international political economy, and Third World development

Jorge Alberto Sábato

Argentine physicist, metallurgist, and technology policy theorist who developed the influential 'Sábato's Triangle' model for science and technology policy in Latin America

Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist who served as the first President of Tanzania. Known as 'Mwalimu' (teacher), he developed African socialism philosophy and the concept of Ujamaa.

Kaname Akamatsu

Japanese economist who developed the 'flying geese' paradigm of economic development, explaining patterns of industrialization and economic growth in developing countries

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian anti-colonial theorist, pan-Africanist, and political leader who served as Prime Minister and President of Ghana

Lloyd Best

Trinidadian economist and political theorist, founder of the New World Group and pioneering theorist of Caribbean political economy and the plantation economy model

Mahdi Elmandjra

Moroccan futurist, economist, and sociologist, considered a pioneer of futures studies in the Arab world and advocate for decolonization of knowledge

Maria da Conceição Tavares

Portuguese-Brazilian economist known for her work on development economics, dependency theory, and Latin American economic structuralism. Professor at UFRJ and important figure in Brazilian economic thought.

Máximo Halty Carrere

Uruguayan economist and technology policy expert who worked extensively with IDRC (International Development Research Centre) on technology transfer and science policy in developing countries

Miguel Sabastián Wionczek

Polish-born Mexican economist and scholar, pioneer in Latin American studies of technology transfer, dependency theory, and economic development

Norman Girvan

Jamaican economist and leading figure in Caribbean dependency theory, focused on resource economics, multinational corporations, and underdevelopment in the Caribbean

Orlando Núñez Soto

Nicaraguan economist, sociologist, and revolutionary theorist who has been deeply involved in Sandinista politics and popular economy movements. Academic and political activist focused on dependency theory, class struggle, and solidarity economy in Latin America.

Oscar Varsavsky

Argentine mathematician, scientist, and social thinker who pioneered numerical experimentation methods and developed critical perspectives on science, technology, and dependency in Latin America

Osvaldo Sunkel

Chilean economist and leading figure in dependency theory and Latin American structuralism, associated with CEPAL/ECLAC

Owen Jefferson

Jamaican economist and academic who specialized in economic development and growth theory in the Caribbean context, particularly focusing on post-war Jamaican economic development

Paulin J. Hountondji

Beninese philosopher and politician, major figure in African philosophy, known for his critique of ethnophilosophy and advocacy for rigorous philosophical inquiry in Africa

Raúl Prebisch

Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics and dependency theory, served as first Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Ruy Mauro Marini

Brazilian Marxist economist and sociologist, key theorist of Latin American dependency theory and concept of superexploitation

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Zimbabwean historian and decolonial theorist, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Leading scholar in decolonial studies and African epistemologies.

Samir Amin

Egyptian-French Marxian economist and world-systems theorist, known for dependency theory and analysis of imperialism and unequal development

Shiv Visvanathan

Indian academic, social scientist, and critical thinker known for his work on science studies, development, and alternative knowledge systems

Surendra J. Patel

Indian economist and development theorist who worked extensively with the United Nations and contributed significantly to dependency theory and development economics

Syed Farid Alatas

Singaporean sociologist and professor at the National University of Singapore, known for his work on academic dependency, alternative discourses in social sciences, and critiques of Eurocentrism in knowledge production

Theotônio dos Santos

Brazilian economist and sociologist, leading theorist of dependency theory and world-systems analysis

Vânia Bambirra

Brazilian sociologist and political scientist, key figure in Latin American dependency theory and Marxist thought

Víctor Luis Urquidi Bingham

Mexican economist and leading figure in Latin American development economics, served as president of El Colegio de México (1966-1985)

W. Arthur Lewis

Saint Lucian economist known for his contributions to development economics, first Black person to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1979)

William Gilbert Demas

Trinidadian economist and development theorist, founding President of the Caribbean Development Bank, key architect of Caribbean economic integration

Yoshihara Kunio

Japanese economist and scholar specializing in Southeast Asian political economy, known for his critique of 'ersatz capitalism' in Southeast Asia and analysis of Japanese investment patterns in the region

Ziauddin Sardar

British-Pakistani scholar, writer, and cultural critic known for his work on Islamic futures, postcolonial science studies, and cultural criticism