Desarrollo profesional e intercambio de conocimiento en los grandes experimentos científicos

Recent big science experiments based on the collaboration of thousands of scientists coming from hundreds of institutions have introduced important changes in the way scientific activity is organized in some research areas. As a consequence, individual scientists are affected in different ways as th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Creus, Amalia Susana, Canals, Agustí
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/92595
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/92595
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:colaboración científica
big science
estudios de caso
individuos
física de partículas
scientific collaboration
case studies
individuals
high-energy physics
estudis de cas
individus
física de partícules
col·laboració científica
Big data
Dades massives
Datos masivos
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Sumario:Recent big science experiments based on the collaboration of thousands of scientists coming from hundreds of institutions have introduced important changes in the way scientific activity is organized in some research areas. As a consequence, individual scientists are affected in different ways as they are obliged to adapt to the new dynamics in terms of their own work and their relationships with colleagues. This paper presents the case of research undertaken in ATLAS, one of four big experiments in high-energy physics using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva and one of the most important big science experiments to date. By gathering and analysing several micro-cases of individual experiences of ATLAS members, we propose that the size and complexity of the experiment do indeed influence the personal relationships among scientists themselves and also their relationships with their organizations. As a result of this analysis, we put forward a set of propositions concerning these relationships that might potentially be generalized to other big science experiments.