Rose Trappes: "Philosophy of Open Science".

Open science is being instituted as a norm and requirement for scientists around the globe. But how is open science changing science, and is it changing it for the better? In this talk I discuss open science and its epistemological and political consequences. First, I present work from the PHIL_OS project at Exeter University on how open science policies may exacerbate global inequalities amongst scientists and research institutes and lead to further centralisation of research in the global north and resource-rich institutions. Second, I explore the consequences of open science in more detail by looking at two open science practices in ecology: open data and citizen science. On the one hand, I consider the opportunities, challenges and trade-offs involved in data synthesis to generate open datasets. On the other, I examine the impact of citizen science on epistemic diversity, using birdwatching as a case study. I close with an overview of future directions for the philosophy of open science.