Jeroen BosmanThe fact that 10 years after @MsPhelps and I included equity in our working definition of #OpenScience in the form an 'open to participation' pillar (see https://im2punt0.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/defining-open-science-definitions/) we are now at #FOR2026 conference discussing how to include equity in OS means that this change moves at glacial speed and there may be strong incentives against it. One of these might be #universityrankings with their huge inbuilt colonial legacy.
Peter van Heusden (he/him) 🗿@jeroenbosman @MsPhelps as you might have noticed, getting equity into the Pandemic Treaty (now via discussion on the PABS Annex) has been incredibly difficult and "open science" has at best been a unreliable ally here. At its worst, open science in an inequitable world facilitates knowledge extraction...
@pvanheus @MsPhelps Thanks. Indeed that is a very serious issue that the EU must address. Inject guarantees on equitable governance and sharing into open science policies. This is the ultimate test case for that, as explained for instance in this article: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-talks-europe-is-blocking-health-equity-and-it-knows-it/
