How reliable is the scientific literature?

 

 

 

 

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming SKAPE seminar on scientific publication by Dr Willem Halffman. More details below

 

The speaker will be presenting online, but we encourage participants to join us in the SPS Chrystal Macmillan Conference Room 2.15 for a more engaging experience.

If you prefer to attend virtually, please connect with Iñaki {inaki.goni@ed.ac.uk} to arrange for your online participation.

Abstract

Publication pressure and new business models in scientific publishing have made possible new corruptive practices in the scientific literature. This includes counterfeit publications, fake reviews, hijacked journals. However, these have also incited new practices of idealist piracy or epistemic activism. Overall, scientific publishing is in turmoil, with attempts to develop disruptive initiatives and self-regulatory governance. In the background, there are competing imaginaries of what “the scientific literature” can be expected to be and of its epistemic status. 

 

Biography

Willem Halffman is a sociologist of science, researching the organisation and knowledge construction of the life sciences. He lectures natural scientists on the social dimensions of their work, which resulted in a co-authored handbook for environmental scientists, Environmental Expertise (with Esther Turnhout and Willemijn Tuinstra, Cambridge UP, 2019). As an academic activist, he participated in challenges to overly managerial and commodified university governance (see The Academic Manifesto, with Hans Radder). He is currently researching failing error correction processes in the scientific publication system, the organisation of the publishing system, and its relation to research integrity. He has a position as associate professor at the Institute for Science in Society at the science faculty of Radboud University and is associate member of the Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy (SKAPE) at Edinburgh University. 

Date

Mar 06 2024
Expired!

Time

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Chrystal Macmillan Building, Room 2.15
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