The NIC.br Sectoral Studies address emerging topics that explore the interface between ICT and society. The studies adopt quantitative and qualitative methodologies, generating inputs for the formulation of digital policies and international agendas, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Topics
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare: Potential, risks, and perspectives for Brazil
Meaningful connectivity: Measurement proposals and the portrait of the population in Brazil
Artificial Intelligence and culture: Perspectives for cultural diversity in the digital age
Community networks and the Internet in Brazil: Experiences and challenges for digital inclusion
Education and digital technologies: Challenges and strategies for the continuity of learning in times of COVID-19
Digital security: An analysis of risk management in Brazilian enterprises
Information and communication technologies in urban management: Challenges for measuring smart cities
Digital inequalities in urban spaces: A study on Internet access and use in the city of São Paulo
Broadband in Brazil: A study on the evolution of access and the quality of Internet connections
Cetic.br and Unesco
In 2012, Cetic.br became a UNESCO Category 2 Center, the first of its kind dedicated to the development of information and knowledge societies. The Center is linked to the Communication and Information (CI) Sector, one of UNESCO’s five areas of work. It contributes to achieving the organization’s strategic objectives by strengthening its efforts to monitor the building of information and knowledge societies. Cetic.br’s scope of action includes Latin America and the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa.
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