Join us in discussing the present and future of large-scale endeavors in science!
Breaking the boundaries of science while creating beneficial industrial spillovers is often associated with the building of large, technologically complex, and expensive research infrastructures that until today continues to increase in scale. To illustrate, CERN plans to build a new 90 km long particle collider with an estimated cost of $17 billion. In this panel we contend that this kind of development shows signs of the Pathology of Big Science, which assumes that building bigger and more expensive research apparatus will always lead to dramatic progress.
Thus, in this panel we will explore alternative ways to generate science and create better linkages between science, industry, and innovation with concepts including trading zone, open innovation in science, boundary infrastructure, and serendipity.
Link to event: https://cdmcd.co/4RpXWQ
📅 Date/Time: Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025; 15:30 – 17:00 CEST
📍 Location: Bella Center Hall B- B5-m5
Panelists (alphabetical order):
· Ekky Tammarar Alfian, Technical University of Denmark
· Jonathan Wareham, ESADE Ramon Llull University
· Marion Poetz, Copenhagen Business School
· Philipp Tuertscher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Chair:
· Liisa Välikangas (Technical University of Denmark)
Sponsors:
· Organization and Management Theory (OMT)
· Technology and Innovation Management (TIM)
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Ekky Tammarar Alfian
Technical University of Denmark
Lyngby
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