Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges
Abstract Harnessing science‐based policy is key to addressing global challenges like the biodiversity and climate crises. Open research principles underpin effective science‐based policy, but the uptake of these principles is likely constrained by the politicisation, commoditisation and conflicting...
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| author | Zuzanna B. Zagrodzka Thomas F. Johnson Andrew P. Beckerman |
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| description | Abstract Harnessing science‐based policy is key to addressing global challenges like the biodiversity and climate crises. Open research principles underpin effective science‐based policy, but the uptake of these principles is likely constrained by the politicisation, commoditisation and conflicting motives of stakeholders in the research landscape. Here, using the mission and vision statements from 129 stakeholders from across the research landscape, we explore alignment in open research principles between stakeholders. We find poor alignment between stakeholders, largely focussed around journals, societies and funders, all of which have low open research language‐use. We argue that this poor alignment stifles knowledge flow within the research landscape, ultimately limiting the mobilisation of impactful science‐based policy. We offer recommendations on how the research landscape could embrace open research principles to accelerate societies' ability to solve global challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83a4dd07457644f98be2865162f1e5372024-02-29T08:56:39ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582024-02-01142n/an/a10.1002/ece3.10887Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challengesZuzanna B. Zagrodzka0Thomas F. Johnson1Andrew P. Beckerman2Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UKEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UKEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UKAbstract Harnessing science‐based policy is key to addressing global challenges like the biodiversity and climate crises. Open research principles underpin effective science‐based policy, but the uptake of these principles is likely constrained by the politicisation, commoditisation and conflicting motives of stakeholders in the research landscape. Here, using the mission and vision statements from 129 stakeholders from across the research landscape, we explore alignment in open research principles between stakeholders. We find poor alignment between stakeholders, largely focussed around journals, societies and funders, all of which have low open research language‐use. We argue that this poor alignment stifles knowledge flow within the research landscape, ultimately limiting the mobilisation of impactful science‐based policy. We offer recommendations on how the research landscape could embrace open research principles to accelerate societies' ability to solve global challenges.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10887communication barriersevidence‐based policiesglobal challengesknowledge mobilisationopen research |
| spellingShingle | Zuzanna B. Zagrodzka Thomas F. Johnson Andrew P. Beckerman Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges Ecology and Evolution communication barriers evidence‐based policies global challenges knowledge mobilisation open research |
| title | Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| title_full | Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| title_fullStr | Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| title_short | Accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| title_sort | accelerating the open research agenda to solve global challenges |
| topic | communication barriers evidence‐based policies global challenges knowledge mobilisation open research |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10887 |
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