AbstractThe objective of this paper is to analyse the dynamics of networks in which new knowledgeemerges and through which it is exchanged. Our conjecture is that the structure of a networkcannot be divorced from the dynamics of the knowledge underpinning its activities. In so doing welook...

This paper investigates the processes by which scientific knowledge is created andlegitimized. It focuses on scientific developments in a branch of medicine and exploresthe pathways through which the growth of knowledge enables advances in medicalscience and in clinical practice. This work draws...

Interaction between private and public organisations is a fundamental source of innovation and a crucial framing condition for reaping the benefits of new technologies through their diffusion in regulated domains. With a focus on the health sector, in this essay we investigate the emergence of...

This paper inquires into the organizational and spatial dynamics of scientific research by focussing on the evolution of epistemic networks in a specific area of medical practice, glaucoma. As researchers and practitioners struggle to come to grips with this elusive disease, the medical...

Medicine, traditionally known as the art of healing, is evolving fast. One key development in this process is the transition from the ontology of "curing" to that of solving problems. As a result the matrix of knowledge-generating activities in medicine is inextricably linked to the emergence of...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the dynamics of networks in which new knowledge emerges and through which it is exchanged. Our conjecture is that the structure of a network cannot be divorced from the dynamics of the knowledge underpinning its activities. In so doing we look beyond...

This paper investigates the processes by which scientific knowledge is created and legitimized. It focuses on scientific developments in a branch of medicine and explores the pathways through which the growth of knowledge enables advances in medical science and in clinical practice. This work...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the dynamics of networks in which new knowledge emerges and through which it is exchanged. Our conjecture is that the structure of a network cannot be divorced from the dynamics of the knowledge underpinning its activities. In so doing we look beyond...

This paper focuses on the longitudinal development of the glaucoma medical specialty with a view to capture the configurations of division of labor that contributed to or followed from novel understanding of the disease. The historical background is corroborated by an analysis of collaborative...