The Royal Society is continuing its project on open science, with a "policy lab" at the start of next month:
In the wake of ‘Climategate’, a Lancet editorial warned that the call for UEA climate scientists to make their research more transparent was a wake-up call for all researchers. “If scientists do not adapt to the forces shaping and sustaining this revolution in the public culture of science, the trust that the public and politicians put in science will be jeopardised.
A year on, the Royal Society have launched a study looking at how science can open up: ‘Science as a public enterprise‘. This requires understanding what forms of access are required, and to what ends. A blanket policy on access to scientific information does not take into account the diverse demands being made on scientists. Nor does it take into account the massive datasets, complex models and specialist equipment involved in much of modern science. Opening up science is not a simple task, but a challenge that requires discussion and debate.
Geoffrey Boulton will be speaking on the purposes of opening up science. More details can be seen here.