For-profit, Non-profit, and Science Value
Veli-Matti Karhulahti, Ivan Ropovik
In this unconference, we start with an informal debate about the role of financial profit in science. We make arguments for and against financial as well as other profits, and envision possible futures with and without publishers. We invite the participants to share their critical and positive views about the economic system of science — not in the spirit of teaming up against corporate academic stakeholders, but pragmatically looking at what is (and historically has been) im/possible. We don't know what will happen in the unconference, beyond this general outline. We expect people to share unexpected views, and we prepare a list of difficult questions, for example, related to volunteer labor that goes into current initiatives such as registered reports and non-profit platforms.
Roundtable
Second floor 217 - WS