The future(s) of open science

TitleThe future(s) of open science
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsMirowski, Philip
JournalSocial Studies of Science
Volume48
Issue2
Pagination171-203
ISSN0306-3127
AbstractAlmost everyone is enthusiastic that ‘open science’ is the wave of the future. Yet when one looks seriously at the flaws in modern science that the movement proposes to remedy, the prospect for improvement in at least four areas are unimpressive. This suggests that the agenda is effectively to re-engineer science along the lines of platform capitalism, under the misleading banner of opening up science to the masses.
URLhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0306312718772086
DOI10.1177/0306312718772086
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