OSR098 Academic Publishing Infrastructures with Björn Brembs [EN]

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Academic publishing
that is. And actually not only in Denmark. Even though open access
publishing has picked up quite a bit over the last years, academic
publishing today is still rather dominated by legacy publishers who
mainly play their old game without much signs of changing and
adapting to current technological and scientific developments. In
fact, many of them are not even showing much willingness to
consider changing. A lot of the recent studies and arguments point
out that a complete transition to open access publishing
potentially yields many positive social effects for the academic
system and society as a whole, and even might achieved quite
substantial savings. We had the great opportunity to talk Björn
Brembs about these points, the obstacles, the necessary steps and a
vision of how a publishing infrastructure could look like. We
apologize for the less optimal audio quality and hope you're still
enjoying the conversation. Have fun!