Who Needs the University? | Studium Generale Groningen

"As Open Science practices expand, we must consider its impact on knowledge production, education, and the role of universities. Can Open Science change the role universities currently have in our societies, of guardians of knowledge and rigour? If knowledge becomes widely accessible outside academic institutions, what function will universities serve? Could they become obsolete, displaced by the very openness they promote? 

In this debate, we will confront these questions through the central proposition: Open Science makes the university obsolete."