In the Press

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Revista Pesquisa FAPESP, Pesquisa Brasil (19 April 2024). Caetano Penna. Podcast interview on putting scientific knowledge to work on society's large problems. episode
Missão Desenvolvimento, AFBNDES, #35 (5 November 2021). Afinal, qual é a relação entre missão e desenvolvimento?! Podcast conversation with Paulo Gala on missions as a way of doing industrial policy, and on how to finance today's missions. video
Revista Economistas (Cofecon), nº 28 (July 2018). Privatizações: como equilibrar eficiência, opções estratégicas, políticas públicas e ajuste fiscal? Interviewed with João Sicsú for the cover story on privatisation, published by Brazil's Federal Council of Economics. issue (PDF)
Época (12 January 2017). Caetano Penna: “O Brasil deve ter projetos científicos ambiciosos”. Interview: Brazil's innovation system has all its parts but lacks coordination; grand challenges set by government, of the scale of the Sirius light source, can align universities and firms. interview · republished by CNPEM

Folha de S.Paulo (14 September 2026). Pedido de freio no desenvolvimento de IA por big techs aprofunda disputa entre EUA, China e Europa (paywall). Quoted on calls to slow frontier AI, which he compares to the nuclear non-proliferation regime: those who hold the technology write the rules. article
Jornal Nacional, TV Globo (17 August 2017). Inovar vai além de ter uma boa ideia: é preciso ousar e persistir. Interviewed for the final episode of Sandra Passarinho's series on innovation in Brazil: firms innovate, the state coordinates and funds, and innovation is a collective effort. report
Jornal Nacional, TV Globo (15 August 2017). Investimento em inovação é porta de saída para a crise. First episode of the same series: in a portfolio of ten risky projects, one success can cover the losses of the other nine. video · report