EENPS Early Career Scholars Working Group

[Aleksandra Knežević]

Dear colleagues,

The EENPS Early Career Scholars Working Group has resumed its activities. I'm pleased to invite you to our next online work-in-progress seminar:

Speaker: Byron Hyde, University of Bristol and Bangor University
Title: Open Science and Policy: Is it Really a Good Idea?
Date and Time: Thursday, September 25, 14:00–15:30 CET, Online

Abstract: From the perspective of a philosopher of science, open science and policy are a no-brainer: it makes science and policy more scrutable and therefore more reliable. From an ethical standpoint, too, openness seems like a good thing because the public has a "right to know" what publicly funded institutions are doing, which is why openness is one of the Nolan Principles to which all public servants are required to subscribe. Most meta-scientists and advocates of open science and policy assume that openness is a good thing and, subsequently, it has received an enormous amount of institutional endorsement. However, further analysis reveals that openness can have some nasty side effects, including a reduction in accountability, catastrophic loss of trust in science and policy, and could even threaten academic or human rights and freedoms. My (provisional) opinion is that, despite these obstacles, open science and policy are both ethically and scientifically better.

If you would like to attend, please send me an email to receive the Zoom link.

Best regards,
Aleksandra
on behalf of the EENPS Early Career Scholars Working Group