Open Science/Week 12: Scientific Culture for Quality, Integrity, and Open Science
Learning Outcomes[edit | edit source]
- Define the term social dilemma.
- Identify social dilemmas in the context of open science and propose solutions.
- Compare the role culture plays in open science and in reproducibility.
Readings[edit | edit source]
“Putting Open Science into Practice: A Social Dilemma?” by Scheliga, K., & Friesike, S. in First Monday, 19(9), 2014, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License.[1]
“Open Science, Communal Culture, and Women’s Participation in the Movement to Improve Science” by Mary C. Murphy, Amanda F. Mejia, Jorge Mejia, Xiaoran Yan, Sapna Cheryan, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Mesmin Destin, Stephanie A. Fryberg, Julie A. Garcia, Elizabeth L. Haines, Judith M. Harackiewicz, Alison Ledgerwood, Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, Lora E. Park, Sylvia P. Perry, Kate A. Ratliff, Aneeta Rattan, Diana T. Sanchez, Krishna Savani, Denise Sekaquaptewa, Jessi L. Smith, Valerie Jones Taylor, Dustin B. Thoman, Daryl A. Wout, Patricia L. Mabry, Susanne Ressl, Amanda B. Diekman, and Franco Pestilli in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (39) 24154-24164, September 2020, CC BY-NC-ND.[2] 11 pages.
Optional additional reading for those in the US:
“Accelerating Progress to Open Science by Design” in Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2018, Copyright National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).[3] See especially pp. 151-153.
Discussion Question[edit | edit source]
Describe an example of a social dilemma in the context of open science. To the extent possible, ground the example in your personal experience. Explain the individual and collective aspects of the dilemma. Offer a proposed solution. Conclude your post by posing a question for further discussion of your example.
Self-check Questions[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Scheliga, Kaja; Friesike, Sascha (2014-08-24). "Putting open science into practice: A social dilemma?". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v19i9.5381. ISSN 1396-0466. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5381.
- ↑ Murphy, Mary C.; Mejia, Amanda F.; Mejia, Jorge; Yan, Xiaoran; Cheryan, Sapna; Dasgupta, Nilanjana; Destin, Mesmin; Fryberg, Stephanie A. et al. (2020-09-29). "Open science, communal culture, and women’s participation in the movement to improve science". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (39): 24154–24164. doi:10.1073/pnas.1921320117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 32929006. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/39/24154.
- ↑ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018). Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research (in English). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/25116. ISBN 978-0-309-47624-9.