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.