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From particle physics to photon science: Multi-dimensional and multi-level renewal at DESY and SLAC

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  • Olof Hallonsten
  • Thomas Heinze

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Studies of institutional transformation in science have largely overlooked Big Science installations, despite far-reaching changes to the roles and functions of such large labs in the past decades. Here, we present and analyze two Big Science labs that have undergone profound transformations from single-purpose particle physics labs to multi-purpose centers for so-called photon science: SLAC in the USA and DESY in Germany. We provide brief historic accounts of the labs and an analysis of the processes of change on different levels and from different aspects informed by a theoretical framework of institutional change in science. Thus, we describe the relevance of the study of Big Science labs from the perspective of institutional change and in terms of science policy/management. We also prove the aptness of the framework used and pave the way for a detailed analysis of particular forces of change and their interrelatedness. Copyright The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Olof Hallonsten & Thomas Heinze, 2013. "From particle physics to photon science: Multi-dimensional and multi-level renewal at DESY and SLAC," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(5), pages 591-603, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:40:y:2013:i:5:p:591-603
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    1. Qiao, Lili & Mu, Rongping & Chen, Kaihua, 2016. "Scientific effects of large research infrastructures in China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 102-112.
    2. Young-Sun Jang & Young Joo Ko, 2019. "How latecomers catch up to leaders in high-energy physics as Big Science: transition from national system to international collaboration," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 119(1), pages 437-480, April.

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