What is OpenSscience Supposed to Fix?

• In Event: The Agenda(s) of Open Science

Abstract

Open science has become a veritable movement; but few understand its proponents or their agenda. After a brief introduction to relevant neoliberal doctrine, we ask if the envisioned 'openness' could actual remedy any malady of science the proponents decry:
¥ science distrust
¥ a democratic deficit in science
¥ productivity slowdown
¥ rise of retractions / failure of replication
We conclude by arguing none are the main objective of open science internet platforms, that instead seek to reorganize the entire research process in a more commodified and Taylorized manner. The real objective is a "Facebook of Science".

Author

• Philip Mirowski, University of Notre Dame