Encouraging Change through a Strategic Publication Framework by Mapping the System and Stakeholders (part 1)

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The implementation of such Strategies shows how different people, organisations, policies, pressures and influences impact these publication cultures in practice. A mapping exercise will deepen participants’ conceptual understanding of the agents and interdependencies in the academic ecosystem.

Participants make maps of the academic publishing ecosystem, through visualizing the links and interdependencies between different stakeholders and policies (as agents, cf. Actor-Network-Theory).

This workshop will have participants draw stakeholder maps of academic publication cultures, in the context of current Visions and Strategies that emphasize the need for change. The implementation of such Strategies shows how different people, organisations, policies, pressures and influences impact these publication cultures in practice. A mapping exercise will deepen participants’ conceptual understanding of the agents and interdependencies in the academic ecosystem.