Dr. Lucas Gautheron


Title of PhD Dissertation:
Social dilemmas in science. A computational approach to collective action problems an trade-offs in collective cognition.
PhD Commission:
Prof. Dr. Radin Dardashti (referee)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinze (chair, referee)
Prof. Dr. Mark Lutter
Prof. Dr. Hugo Mercier (Paris)
Prof. Dr. Camille Roth (Paris)
Prof. Dr. Dunja Seselja (Bochum)
Oral exam: 8.7.2025
Grade: summa cum laude
The following peer-reviewed articles are part of Lucas' cumulative PhD dissertation:
Gautheron, L., Omodei, E. (2023): How research programs come apart: The example of supersymmetry and the disunity of physics. Quantitative Science Studies 4, pp. 50-78. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00262
Gautheron, L. (2025): Balancing specialization and adaptation in a transforming scientific landscape. EPJ Data Science 14,2. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00516-8
Gautheron, L. (2025): Dilemmas and trade-offs in the diffusion of conventions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17300
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