'Science done right' : Öppen vetenskap i samtid och framtid

Sammanfattning: In the wake of digital development, the ease with which knowledge can be distributed has drastically changed the scientific climate and the view of how science and social science should be practiced regarding the sharing of knowledge production. A new paradigm in the production and sharing of scientific data, based around the idea of openness as the way to lead and further engage society through science is unfolding. The aim of this master’s thesis is to further develop the understanding of open science as a scientific infrastructure and the possible effects it may have on the scientific community. This master’s thesis analyses how the concept of open science is constructed through policy using Carol Bacchi’s ‘What ́s the problem represented to be?’ a critical analytical method for interrogating policy developed to highlight how policy not only creates solutions to imagined problems, but also construct the problems that the policies intend to solve. The results of the study show that the open science policies analysed constructs an unethical and largely unwanted scientific practice, lacking in efficiency and transparency where the scientist themselves are at the centre of this constructed problem. Conclusion drawn from the study are that open science policies are driven by a homogenising rationale trying to develop and affirm a scientific practice not suited to fit all disciplines of sciences and social sciences. The effects of this ill-suited comprehensive scientific practice are discussed and questioned through this thesis, though they are not researched any further.