Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production

Global Mega-Science explores the origins of the unprecedented growth of scientific knowledge production over the past 120 years, arguing that the university-science model is at the heart of this phenomenon. It analyzes the accumulation of capacity to produce research and demonstrates how the university facilitates the emerging knowledge society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 254 pages
Publication date: 23 April 2024
Publisher: Stanford University Press

The world has never been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today, and the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years are explored in Global Mega-Science. David P. Baker and Justin J.W. Powell integrate sociological and historical approaches with unique scientometric data to argue that the university-science model is at the heart of this phenomenon. They analyze the accumulation of capacity to produce research and demonstrate how the university facilitates the emerging knowledge society. The age of global mega-science was built on the symbiotic relationship between higher education and science, especially the worldwide research collaborations among networked university-based scientists. These relationships are key for scholars and citizens to understand the past, future, and sustainability of science.

Weight: 376g
Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781503637894