ESA Space Economy – Partnering with CERN to share best practices in measuring the impacts of large research infrastructures on society

ESA Space Economy – Partnering with CERN to share best practices in measuring the impacts of large research infrastructures on society [Jul/2024]

ESA Space Economy team has been cooperating with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) since 2019.

In June 2019, a first ever workshop on the “Economics of Big Science” was held in Brussels during the Future Circular Collider Week (FCC Week) organised by CERN. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange with various stakeholders on the role of public investments made in research infrastructures and Big Science projects for economic development, as well as reviewing the ways to assess their impact beyond their core scientific mission. The meeting also held the objective to create a forum for exchanging best practices on impact assessment of large research infrastructures. The workshop led to a joint publication: The Economics of Big Science as a Science Policy Report of Springer in 2020. The document collected the proceedings (including from ESA) of the workshop held in Brussels.

A second major publication Big Science in the 21st Century was released in December 2023 by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing. Published in the format of an eBook, the document provides a comprehensive exploration of the impact of Big Science on our society and the new perspectives it opens on evaluating its societal benefits.

In May 2023, a second “Economics of Big Science” workshop was held in Paris (hosted at ESA Headquarters) organised by CERN, ESA and the European Intergovernmental Research Organisation forum (EIROforum). The proceedings of the workshop will be published in 2024.

ESA Space Economy team cooperation with CERN has been a unique partnership to discuss a multifaceted view on the role that Big Science plays in society, allowing an interdisciplinary dialogue between economists, scientists, policymakers, researchers and industry to highlight the complex role that science plays today and exploring how to measure its impacts.

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