DeSci Ep. #1: Using Web3 Tech to Reward Good Science—with Chris Hill & Philipp Koellinger of DeSci Labs
The system for publishing scientific research is broken.
Academic success is measured by citations rather than scientific quality. And publishing companies have a monopoly on the knowledge scientists produce.
Can we use blockchain technology to promote the verifiability of scientific findings? And make science accessible to everyone?
Dr. Christopher Hill is an interdisciplinary scientist with a background in neuroeconomics and machine learning. Phillip Koellinger is Professor of Social Science Genetics in the Department of Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Together, Chris and Philipp are Cofounders of DeSci Labs, an initiative that aims to make science more replicable, accessible, transparent and fair by way of Web3 technologies.
On this episode of Boost VC, Chris and Philipp join us to explain what inspired their interest in decentralized science and explore what differentiates success for science versus individual scientists.
They walk us through the goals of the open science movement and weigh in on how DeSci tech provides new ways of funding research and makes scientific knowledge available to everyone.
Listen in for insight around the grassroots movement known as metascience and learn how DeSci is working to improve the quality of the scientific record and reward scientists for the value they create.
Topics Covered
What inspired Chris & Philipp’s interest in decentralized science
The goals of the open science movement
What differentiates success for science vs. success for scientists
How Chris & Philipp define decentralized science
The problem with measuring value by impact factor (IF)
How DeSci technologies can benefit scientific research
The interdisciplinary grassroots movement of metascience
The transition from scientific manuscripts to research objects
Connect with Chris Hill & Philipp Koellinger
DeSci Labs https://www.desci.com/
DeSci Labs on Twitter https://twitter.com/descilabs
DeSci Foundation https://descifoundation.org/
DeSci Foundation on Twitter https://twitter.com/DeSciFoundation
Resources
David Deutsch https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/
‘Raise Standards for Pre-Clinical Cancer Research’ in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/483531a
‘Why Most Published Research Findings Are False’ in PLOS Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/
Gitcoin https://gitcoin.co/
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