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Institutionalizing an astronomical internationalism in the long run

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

Arnaud Saint-Martin
Arnaud Saint-Martin*
Affiliation:
Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Université Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne, 54, boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France email: arnaud.saint-martin@cnrs.fr
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Abstract

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A century of existence: it may seem short on the time-scale of the evolution of the universe, but very consequential to that of a scientific association. The fact that the IAU may be able to celebrate such a milestone is in itself a meritorious collective achievement, for it was not obvious at the very beginning that this organization was going to last more than a decade. Drawing on the historical sociology of scientific institutions, my paper will discuss the moral economy through which the IAU – and its dated but persistent form of scientific internationalism – has stabilized and maintained its identity since its creation in 1919, under the unifying auspices of a global scientific object to be known as: Under One Sky.

Keywords

scientific internationalismethosdisinterestednessscientific community
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S349: Under One Sky: The IAU Centenary Symposium , December 2018 , pp. 184 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2019 

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