LSE Business Review blog:
Diamond Light Source and its impact on the UK geographical distribution of science
7 November 2017
Article by Christian Helmers and Henry Overman
Big scientific research facilities like the UK’s Diamond Light Source, a third generation synchrotron (circular particle accelerator), benefit scientists located nearby significantly more than scientists located further away. According to our research, the highly localised effects of scientific infrastructure on research productivity extend even to scientists that do not rely on the facilities directly for their work.
Related publications
'In brief... Where top science gets done', Christian Helmers and Henry Overman. Article in CentrePiece Volume 22, Issue 3, Autumn 2017 [http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/CentrePiece_22_3.pdf]
My Precious! The Location and Diffusion of Scientific Research: Evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source, by Christian Helmers and Henry Overman, Economic Journal 127(604): 2006-40
'My Precious! The Location and Diffusion of Scientific Research: Evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source', Christian Helmers and Henry Overman, SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper No. 131, March 2013
http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/textonly/SERC/publications/download/sercdp0131.pdf