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Open Science
What is open science? Which views, plans and discussions are taking place locally, nationally and globally?
The open science movement aims to make science more accessible, strengthen collaboration with parties and citizens outside science, and to ensure that the processes of scientific practice are as transparent as possible
Yet the goals and methods to get there are not obvious. As the book 'Opening science' shows, the movement has unfolded in a system that was not open science practice. And also within the movement there are differences in perspectives of what open science should be about.
For example, chapter five discusses different schools of thought: that of infrastructure (efficient knowledge creation through open tools and applications), of publicity (scientific work must be made understandable to citizens), of measurement (scientific practice must be recognized and valued differently), of pragmatics (in which cooperation increases the efficiency of knowledge creation) and of democracy (in which science becomes as accessible as possible for everyone).
You will find some of those perspectives in this collection. You will also find the visions and policies that have been developed as a result of the movement to streamline and strengthen open science at the local, national and international level. -
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Open government
Policy, research and tools regarding open government information in the Amsterdam region and the Netherlands.
An open and transparent government is essential for any democracy, but also poses many practical challenges for governments. This collection is about the public access to government information. You will find policy and plans in Amsterdam regarding the Dutch Open Government Act, but also critical studies about the state of public access to government information, both on the level of national government and the Amsterdam region. In the webinar collection, civil servants in the Netherlands help each other transition to better information management and infrastructure. -
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Knowledge security
How do we ensure that knowledge developed in the Netherlands is not stolen or misused?
This collection is about knowledge security, a term that refers to the protection of knowledge developed in the Netherlands against robbery and misuse by countries that can or want to harm the Netherlands militarily, economically or otherwise.
Knowledge security is not new, but with (according to the intelligence services) an increasing threat of espionage and influence at knowledge institutions, the issues of scientific collaboration, screening, academic freedom, openness, discrimination, and even the position of science in the Netherlands as a whole are growing. What is wisdom?