Economics of Big Science lab 2026

Monday 9 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 13:05 Europe/Zurich

G21 (University of Milano)

Johannes Gutleber (CERN)

e-group economics-of-big-science-lab-2026@cern.ch

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MAP OF LOCATION

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome

• Welcome and introduction from the University (Stefano Montanelli)
• Welcome from the lecturer from CERN (Johannes Gutleber)
• Scope and goals of the lab

Speakers: Johannes Gutleber (CERN), Prof. Stefano Montanelli (UNIMI)

UNIMI-2026-JGU_Intro.pdf

UNIMI-2026-JGU_Intro.pptx

09:15 → 10:00 Presentation of the lab projects

• Beamline for schools at CERN
• MedAustron particle-accelerator based cancer treatment facility
• Electromagnetic interference technology for energy efficiency increase
• Group organisation

Speaker: Johannes Gutleber (CERN)

CERN Beamline for schools

Electromagnetic interference analysis for energy efficiency improvement

Medaustron

UNIMI-2026_CERN_student_project_topics.pdf

UNIMI-2026_CERN_student_project_topics.pptx

10:00 → 10:20 Break

10:20 → 11:20 Economics of Big Science - foundations part 1

Introduction and foundations
Principal concept and approach
Theory of Change

Speaker: Johannes Gutleber (CERN)

UNIMI-Course_2026_part_1.pdf

UNIMI-Course_2026_part_1.pptx

11:20 → 11:35 Break

11:35 → 13:05 Economics of Big Science Foundations 2

Time preference and social discounting

• Time preference and social discounting
• Project lifecycle and duration
• RI cost accounting
• FCC-ee as an example RI
• CBA techniques for socio-economic impact analysis of RIs

Speaker: Johannes Gutleber (CERN)

Socio-economic impacts of the lepton collider-based research infrastructure

The link between large scientific collaboration and productivity. Rethinking how to estimate the monetary value of publications

UNIMI-Course_2026_part_2.pdf

UNIMI-Course_2026_part_2.pptx