Open Science advocates want to accelerate scientific discovery, but should we instead emphasise opening up decision-making around the direction of scientific discovery?

Should the job of experts be to reach consensus or to ensure the broadest range of considerations in public deliberation?

Its stucture and metabolism yield insights into the workings of scientific literature.

Given the ready availability of web-hosted self-publishing, what does the fact that so many academic researchers still choose to publish in premium-priced journals tell us about their priorities?

Science isn’t just a kind of knowledge or a way of acquiring knowledge. It is also a set of institutions. How does the value of professionalized science depend on its association with these institutions and why?

A recent study comparing types of research funding policy suggests that funding researchers rather than projects promotes more “creative”, exploratory science.