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Monday-Friday
Is today’s journal system structurally broken? Watch the recording of Björn Brembs' keynote lecture "Replacing Academic Journals" for the Open Access Week 2026.
The International Open Access Week 2026 ran under the theme "The Cost of Knowledge". In his keynote, Björn Brembs pointed out that the costs raised in the current system of academic publishing are not alone a financial burden to institutes and scientists. In fact, the new currency is comprehensive data about your research and you as a person - sold directly to companies such as Palantir.
As alternative, he sketches out how a leaner, community-owned alternative could look like.
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