"Open science is increasingly losing its liberating and democratizing potential, as it becomes entangled with the interconnected and mutually reinforcing logics of commercialization, political instrumentalization, and media-driven visibility of science."

"Within this context, open science becomes a litmus test: will it evolve as a tool of digital constitutionalism, safeguarding pluralism and reflexivity? Or will it be absorbed into a regime of metric-based visibility, instrumental rationality, and platform-driven utility?" By @raffaela.bsky.social

As all our Verfassungsbooks, "Mapping Article 13: Academic and Scientific Freedom under the EU Charter" is Open Access! 🔓📖 Featuring contributions inter alia by @olgaceran.bsky.social, @ehanelt.bsky.social, @raffaela.bsky.social and @krobertslyer.bsky.social!

🚨 New videos online: Rethinking Digital Public Spaces for #Democracy 🎥 Featuring Thorsten Thiel( @thothiel.bsky.social), Raffaela Kunz (@raffaela.bsky.social) and Chaewon Yun ▶️ Watch now: tinyurl.com/39u69m4z ▶️ More: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/news/humanet... More episodes coming soon! #humanet3

Going to ICON-S in Brasilia? @raffaela.bsky.social and I are putting together a last-minute submission for a panel on academic research in the digital age (exact title tbc). Given that the deadline (Jan. 31) is very close, watch this space, and don't hesitate to reach out informally in the meantime!