Sus aining Open In as uc u es
in Changing Times
Ka hleen G ego y, Lynda Kellam, I ene Pasque o,
Ka he ine Skinne , Mo gan Woffo d
ASIS&T 2025 Annual Mee ing
Washing on, D.C.
No embe 16, 2025
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We a e li ing in imes o change.
How can ‘open
in as uc u es’/con en
be sus ained in
imes o significan
change?
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●Iden i y and discuss
ensions and issues
●Pe spec i es o
diffe en ac o s
●Nex s eps in esea ch
and in e en ion
Aims o session
Sus aining knowledge
in as uc u es
The ne e -ending puzzle
Ne wo ks o people, ech,
con en , policy
Reconfigu ing & e ol ing
Edwa ds, 2010; G ego y e al., 2025; Bosman & Sonde an, 2025
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Openness
Wha is an open
in as uc u e?
●Open in o ma ion/da a
●Non-p op ie a y
business models
●Communi y go e nance
●Pa icula alues
(inclusion, equi y)
●T anspa en p ocesses
Thaney, 2025; Okune e al., 2019
Tensions
Cons an ly balancing and
le e aging ensions
Rela ed o powe ,
alues, & oice
Edwa ds e al., 2007; Ribes & Finhol , 2009; Ka as i e al., 2016
Eme ging ensions
●De elopmen o AI
Example: ensions be ween AIs and human ac o s
●Openness
Example: ensions be ween ‘open’ and ‘p op ie a y’ alues
and models
●Ideologies
Example: ensions be ween democ a ic and au ho i a ian
s ances
Eme ging ensions Issues o con en ion
De elopmen o AI
●Owne ship and con ol
●New asks and new ac o s
●Use/misuse o (open) con en
●Resea ch in eg i y
Openness
Ideologies
●Funding and business models
●Go e nance models
●No ions o owne ship
●Knowledge secu i y
●Ex e nal policies and manda es
●Use/misuse o (open) con en
Talks
(10+2 min)
Ka he ine Skinne , In es in Open In as uc u e
(Openness)
Mo gan Woffo d, Uni e si y o Michigan
(Ideologies)
Lynda Kellam, Uni e si y o Pennsyl ania
(Ideologies)
I ene Pasque o, Uni e si y o Ma yland
(AI)
Discussion
(30min) Ligh ly mode a ed + audience ques ions
Open-As-Spec a
MORE
OPEN
LESS
OPEN
Conside whe e a ew hings migh all on he spec um …
Diamond OA, MIT license, CC-BY, S2O, Hyb id OA, GNU-
GPL, F ee BSD, F eemium, Open Weigh , BSD…and also
LLC, 501c3, Communi y In e es Company, Fo P o i , VC,
Communi y-go e ned, Sha eholde go e ned, Co-op
How do we eassess:
OPEN = FREE
OPEN = NON-PROPRIETARY
OPEN = NONPROFIT
OPEN = COMMUNITY DRIVEN
Ou challenge
To h i e, we need open e o s and hey need be e suppo
●Open doesn’ happen o ee – how do we suppo i , and a e
public/p i a e en u es pa o he answe ?
●Wha ules o engagemen (e.g., go e nance) a e pala able and
help ul o each s akeholde g oup?
●Wha s uc u es can we c ea e ha encou age compe i ion and
collabo a ion o coexis ?
●Who needs o be a he able, and how do we ge hem he e?
in es inopen.o g |
@in es inopen |
Thank you!
Ka he ine Skinne , PhD
Di ec o o P og ams
[email p o ec ed]
Da a Misuse as a Tension &
Tool in Sus aining Open
In as uc u es
Mo gan Wo o d
Uni e si y o Michigan, School o In o ma ion
mwo o [email protected]
Collabo a o s: I ene Pasque o, And ea Thome , and Zoe Cullen
Poli ical
P essu es
Technological
P essu es
Epis emic
P essu es
Da a
Misuse
Why Da a
Misuse Ma e s
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Type o Da a Misuse
De ini ion
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Analy ical e o s
Inco ec o lawed me hods used du ing da a analysis, leading o inaccu a e
o un eliable esul s
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Misin e p e a ion
Misunde s anding he meaning o implica ions o esea ch da a, po en ially
leading o inco ec conclusions
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Mis ep esen a ion
Delibe a e o unin en ional dis o ion, al e a ion, o absence o da a ha
may con ey a alse o incomple e imp ession o suppo a pa icula agenda
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Repu a ional ha m
Damaging he epu a ion o he o iginal da a collec o s, analyze s, o
cu a o s h ough ac ions such as lack o da a ci a ion, nega ed o
unwa an ed au ho ship, o gene a ing public shame o pe cei ed laws in
da a
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P i acy o geop i acy iola ions
B eaching he con iden iali y o indi iduals o e ealing sensi i e loca ion
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based in o ma ion, po en ially causing ha m o discom o
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Exploi a ion
Une hical o ha m ul use o esea ch da a o pe sonal gain o ad an age,
o en a he expense o he subjec s o he da a
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Unc i ical use o biased and o ensi e
da a
Failu e o c i ically e alua e and challenge da a sou ces ha con ain
p ejudices, o ensi e con en , o disc imina o y elemen s, pe pe ua ing
ha m ul s e eo ypes o na a i es
Pasque o, I. V., Cullen, Z., Thome , A., & Wo o d, M. (2024). Wha is esea ch da a “misuse”? And how can i be p e en ed o
mi iga ed? Jou nal o he Associa ion o In o ma ion Science and Technology. h ps://doi.o g/10.1002/asi.24944
Misuse is Con ex ual
Pas P esen Fu u e
Wha cons i u es
misuse a each s age?
Case: Clima e C isis Skep ics
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Sus aining
Public Da a
Wha a e public ede al da a esou ces?
“jus as enginee s egula ly assess he
physical in as uc u e o Ame ica’s
anspo a ion ne wo k o oads, b idges,
ai po s, and ail oads, so oo
mus he s a is ics p o ession assess he
na ion’s ede al s a is ical da a
in as uc u e.”
Ame ican S a is ical Associa ion. “The
Na ion’s Da a a Risk.” July 9, 2024. Re ie ed
h ps://www.ams a .o g/docs/de aul -
sou ce/ams a -documen s/ he-na ion's-da a-
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