Exploring Large-Scale Research through the Lens of Infrastructure. Pa...

This session looks at ‘big science’ through the lens of research infrastructure. Large-scale research endeavours rely on infrastructure of a different kind than those at smaller scales such as: standardized databases, electronic preprint servers, data sharing facilities, centrally maintained software packages, technology platforms, communication networks and scientific equipment serving a world-wide community of scientists. Furthermore changes to infrastructure occur at a rapid pace, building on existing technologies and established modes of practice. With an interest in fields as diverse as computational art history, cancer research, experimental economics, and experimental high-energy physics, this panel investigates in detail the interrelation of infrastructure and epistemic practice and how both co-evolve in a situation of change.