“SISS meets early careers”
A seminar se
ries organized by the Italian Society for the History of Science
2nd s
eries 2025
4.30pm CET
10th June 2025
Dannylo de Azevedo (Un
iversity of Pisa and University of Lisbon)
Title: Intermittency in the
scientific collaboration networks of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in the
Late 18th Century
Founded on December 24, 1779, the Lisb on Academy of Sciences was established to promote the scientific developmen t of Portugal and its empire. Under the patronage of the Portuguese state, the institution fostered intellectual and scientific sociability among inte llectuals and statesmen from diverse backgrounds, spanning various European countries and more distant locations across the Portuguese empire. To this end, the Academy structured and institutionalized scientific collaboration networks as effectively as possible through a membership system. This syst em included resident members, primarily based in Lisbon, who actively parti cipated in the institution’s daily activities, and corresponding members re sponsible for communicating with their metropolitan counterparts regarding objects and topics of technical or scientific significance. These collabora tion networks, therefore, involved individuals who engaged with the institu tionalization of scientific activity in different ways. In this context, al though the Academy effectively functioned as an important central instituti onal reference, the dynamics of its collaboration networks were, at various moments, marked by the intermittency of communication or interaction among the individuals and groups that comprised them.
Dannylo de Azevedo i s a PhD candidate in History at the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Univ ersity of Lisbon, Portugal. His research examines the intellectual producti on of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences between 1779 and 1822, focusing on its political role in shaping economic reform projects for the Portuguese Empi re. He holds a BA in History (2014) and an MA in Economic History (2018) fr om the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His master's research explored the circulation of agricultural books within the Portuguese Empire in the late 18th century.
“SISS meets early careers”
A seminar se
ries organized by the Italian Society for the History of Science
2nd s
eries 2025
4.30pm CET
10th June 2025
Dannylo de Azevedo (Un
iversity of Pisa and University of Lisbon)
Title: Intermittency in the
scientific collaboration networks of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in the
Late 18th Century
Founded on December 24, 1779, the Lisb on Academy of Sciences was established to promote the scientific developmen t of Portugal and its empire. Under the patronage of the Portuguese state, the institution fostered intellectual and scientific sociability among inte llectuals and statesmen from diverse backgrounds, spanning various European countries and more distant locations across the Portuguese empire. To this end, the Academy structured and institutionalized scientific collaboration networks as effectively as possible through a membership system. This syst em included resident members, primarily based in Lisbon, who actively parti cipated in the institution’s daily activities, and corresponding members re sponsible for communicating with their metropolitan counterparts regarding objects and topics of technical or scientific significance. These collabora tion networks, therefore, involved individuals who engaged with the institu tionalization of scientific activity in different ways. In this context, al though the Academy effectively functioned as an important central instituti onal reference, the dynamics of its collaboration networks were, at various moments, marked by the intermittency of communication or interaction among the individuals and groups that comprised them.
Dannylo de Azevedo i s a PhD candidate in History at the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Univ ersity of Lisbon, Portugal. His research examines the intellectual producti on of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences between 1779 and 1822, focusing on its political role in shaping economic reform projects for the Portuguese Empi re. He holds a BA in History (2014) and an MA in Economic History (2018) fr om the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His master's research explored the circulation of agricultural books within the Portuguese Empire in the late 18th century.
