Olof Hallonsten
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+46 46 2227354
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Olof.Hallonsten@fpi.lu.se
Olof Hallonsten
Olof Hallonsten received his PhD degree in research policy in September 2009; the first ever doctoral degree in the subject awarded in Sweden. His field of study is political sociology of science and science policy, and his thesis topic was the structure and organization of scientific collaboration and the changing role of research infrastructures in the sciences. Olof Hallonsten has been at the RPI since 2004, and started doctoral studies in 2005. His academic background is a bachelor in mathematics and a number of undergraduate courses on various fields such as linguistics and philosophy, all from Lund University. His interests apart from the politics of science and the sociology of scientific collaboration is the changing roles of institutions and organizations in science and the transformation of scientific fields due to changing dynamics in science, especially with focus on laboratories and research infrastructures.
Doctoral dissertation
Olof Hallonsten’s thesis for PhD degree in research policy was published in June 2009 and entitled Small science on big machines. Politics and practices of synchrotron radiation laboratories. Summaries in English and Swedish can be read here.
Weblog about the politics around ESS and MAX IV
Two major research indrastructure projects are under planning and negotiation for location in Lund, Sweden. Olof Hallonsten maintains a weblog (in Swedish) with information and analysis of the procedures, foremost the political processes. ESS och MAX IV blogg
Publications
Small Science on Big Machines. Politics and practices of synchrotron radiation laboratories. Dissertation, June 2009.
“Large-scale International Facilities within the Organization: Max-lab within Lund University” (with Mats Benner). Chapter in M. McKelvey and M. Holmén (eds) Learning to compete in European Universities: From Social Institution to Knowledge Business. Edward Elgar 2009.
“Kampen på kunskapsmarknaden – om plagiat bland högskolestudenter.” (“The battle on the knowledge market – plagiarism among college students.”) Chapter in W. Agrell (ed) Forskningens Gråzoner (The grey zones of research). Carlssons 2007.
“Impacts of Large-Scale Research Facilities – A Socio-Economic Analysis.” (with Mats Benner and Gustav Holmberg). RPI Discussion paper 1/2004.
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