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The SAFARI Syndrome
Implementing CRIS and Open Science
By Joachim Sch旦pfel, University of Lille 3
euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Paris 11-12 May, 2015 1
From object to subject
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 2
The human factor
 Objectives
 Evaluation, reporting, funding, governance
 Values and ethics
 Academic freedom, efficiency of management, control
 Rights
 Privacy, intellectual property
 Public/user
 Research manager, scientist, authority
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(1) Ethics, object of CRIS
 Emerging trend
 Low priority (same level as biohazards)
 Part of legal feasibility
 Ethical handling
 Of intellectual property
 Of data protection laws
 Sensitive information in CRIS, reason of access restrictions
 Related to institutions
 Related to persons
 Part of research process
 Ethical advisors
 Ethical reviews
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 4
"Water-babies 2" by Linley Sambourne - The Water-babies by Charles Kingsley. Licensed under Public Domain
via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water-babies_2.jpg#/media/File:Water-
babies_2.jpg
(2) Ethics, barrier of CRIS
 束 A legalistic barrier to research data management 損
 Privacy, together with national security and foreign access to sensitive data
as barriers to a wider use of CRIS
 Externalized problem
 As a societal issue
 As a governmental issue
 束 Sometimes, law and ethics get in the way 損
 Fears and concerns of researchers
 About privacy
 About control
 About transparency
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Scepticism and Resistance  Reasons for the Fears
 Resistance aginst a Science Management inspired by the principles of New Public
Management including Measurement & Management;
 Nostalgic Clinging to the old German Humboldt-Model with its Freedom of
Research and Higher Education without any Measurement or Management.
 The currently Bad Reputation of Social Networks, that secretly collect
Informations about our Life and Disposition and sell them to who-knows-who,
 and that especially the Scientists Profiles of CRI-Systems are quite similar to.
 The currently Bad Reputation of Companies like Google, that secretly track us
surfing in the Internet or using Google-Products like Google+ and Google-Mail and
sell these Informations to who-knows-who,
 and that especially the automated Import of Data from external Sources and the
intelligent Mapping to Persons reminds of.
 Distrust in THEM in Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Central Ad-
ministration, who with a CRIS in their hands would have another instrument
 to end the Freedom of Academia,
 to erect a System of Surveillance made to control and to exploit Scientists,
 to justify the next Dismissals, Wage Cuts and Budget Cuts.
Source: Fondermann 2012
In particular
 Evaluation is (often) a problem, not (always) a solution
 Time consuming, lack of transparency, rejection rate
 Governance: ruling the campus like an automobile company?
 Efficiency vs freedom, outcome control, assessment procedures
 Budget cuts
 Historical experience with (resistance to) centralism
 Conflicting interests, organisational complexity (束 millefeuille 損)
 Adopting UK, D, No, NL solutions?
 Outsourcing of data production and control
 Where have all the start-ups gone?
 Public debate (again) on surveillance, privacy and public freedom
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 7
Why SAFARI?
1974 project of French government to
interconnect personal data files and create a
centralized database through the use of a
unique identifier (INSEE code, social security
number)
One day after leaking by project team
members to the journal Le Monde, the
project was suspended by French president
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 8
The SAFARI syndrome
A good (?) idea
 Increasing efficiency
 Centralized database
 Interconnection of
administrative data files
 Use of personal data
 Use of a unique identifier (INSEE
code, social security number)
An unexpected outcome
 Leaking by project members
 Debate on surveillance and
public liberty in media and
parliament
 Massive rejection of project
 束 Hunting French citizens 損
 At the end, the first law on
privacy to protect citizens
against government
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 9
Back to the campus
 High valuation of (academic) freedom
 #JeSuisCharlie
 Awareness of privacy issues
 Rejection of surveillance
 束 Privacy concerns can prevent stakeholders  individuals, governments,
academia, and companies - from sharing their data 損 (Haak et al 2012)
 Scientists (mostly) like their ivory tower
 Rejection of administrative extra work
 Capacity of creating complex situations
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 10
How to prevent the SAFARI syndrom
 CRIS is not (only) a problem of IT management
 Political governance
 Top-down or bottom-up?
 Development of a culture of information
 Open and proactive communication
 Integration of legal expert in project team
 Impact evaluation
 CRIS and funding?
 CRIS and resource attribution?
 Provision of safeguards for anonymity and privacy of research participants
 Who controls the data?
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 11
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 12CC-BY 2.0 by Matt kwinkunks
 Transparent processing
 Community science
 Open data
 etc.
A changing paradigm
CRIS w/ or v Open Science?
 Adopting the new paradigm (and taking it seriously)
 No two-tiered strategy
 (Re)placing the scientist at the heart of the process
 Focusing on community concerns, needs and values
 Addressing privacy issues not as barriers
 But as objective
 Learning from historical experience
 Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human
events ever resemble those of preceding times. (Machiavelli)
euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 13
息2010-2015 EddyCamara
Thank you!
Bibliography http://www.citeulike.org/user/Schopfel/tag/safari
Social network https://fr.linkedin.com/in/schopfel
Contact joachim.schopfel@univ-lille3.fr
euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Paris 11-12 May, 2015 14

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  • 1. The SAFARI Syndrome Implementing CRIS and Open Science By Joachim Sch旦pfel, University of Lille 3 euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Paris 11-12 May, 2015 1
  • 2. From object to subject euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 2
  • 3. The human factor Objectives Evaluation, reporting, funding, governance Values and ethics Academic freedom, efficiency of management, control Rights Privacy, intellectual property Public/user Research manager, scientist, authority euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 3
  • 4. (1) Ethics, object of CRIS Emerging trend Low priority (same level as biohazards) Part of legal feasibility Ethical handling Of intellectual property Of data protection laws Sensitive information in CRIS, reason of access restrictions Related to institutions Related to persons Part of research process Ethical advisors Ethical reviews euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 4 "Water-babies 2" by Linley Sambourne - The Water-babies by Charles Kingsley. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water-babies_2.jpg#/media/File:Water- babies_2.jpg
  • 5. (2) Ethics, barrier of CRIS 束 A legalistic barrier to research data management 損 Privacy, together with national security and foreign access to sensitive data as barriers to a wider use of CRIS Externalized problem As a societal issue As a governmental issue 束 Sometimes, law and ethics get in the way 損 Fears and concerns of researchers About privacy About control About transparency euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 5
  • 6. Scepticism and Resistance Reasons for the Fears Resistance aginst a Science Management inspired by the principles of New Public Management including Measurement & Management; Nostalgic Clinging to the old German Humboldt-Model with its Freedom of Research and Higher Education without any Measurement or Management. The currently Bad Reputation of Social Networks, that secretly collect Informations about our Life and Disposition and sell them to who-knows-who, and that especially the Scientists Profiles of CRI-Systems are quite similar to. The currently Bad Reputation of Companies like Google, that secretly track us surfing in the Internet or using Google-Products like Google+ and Google-Mail and sell these Informations to who-knows-who, and that especially the automated Import of Data from external Sources and the intelligent Mapping to Persons reminds of. Distrust in THEM in Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Central Ad- ministration, who with a CRIS in their hands would have another instrument to end the Freedom of Academia, to erect a System of Surveillance made to control and to exploit Scientists, to justify the next Dismissals, Wage Cuts and Budget Cuts. Source: Fondermann 2012
  • 7. In particular Evaluation is (often) a problem, not (always) a solution Time consuming, lack of transparency, rejection rate Governance: ruling the campus like an automobile company? Efficiency vs freedom, outcome control, assessment procedures Budget cuts Historical experience with (resistance to) centralism Conflicting interests, organisational complexity (束 millefeuille 損) Adopting UK, D, No, NL solutions? Outsourcing of data production and control Where have all the start-ups gone? Public debate (again) on surveillance, privacy and public freedom euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 7
  • 8. Why SAFARI? 1974 project of French government to interconnect personal data files and create a centralized database through the use of a unique identifier (INSEE code, social security number) One day after leaking by project team members to the journal Le Monde, the project was suspended by French president euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 8
  • 9. The SAFARI syndrome A good (?) idea Increasing efficiency Centralized database Interconnection of administrative data files Use of personal data Use of a unique identifier (INSEE code, social security number) An unexpected outcome Leaking by project members Debate on surveillance and public liberty in media and parliament Massive rejection of project 束 Hunting French citizens 損 At the end, the first law on privacy to protect citizens against government euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 9
  • 10. Back to the campus High valuation of (academic) freedom #JeSuisCharlie Awareness of privacy issues Rejection of surveillance 束 Privacy concerns can prevent stakeholders individuals, governments, academia, and companies - from sharing their data 損 (Haak et al 2012) Scientists (mostly) like their ivory tower Rejection of administrative extra work Capacity of creating complex situations euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 10
  • 11. How to prevent the SAFARI syndrom CRIS is not (only) a problem of IT management Political governance Top-down or bottom-up? Development of a culture of information Open and proactive communication Integration of legal expert in project team Impact evaluation CRIS and funding? CRIS and resource attribution? Provision of safeguards for anonymity and privacy of research participants Who controls the data? euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 11
  • 12. euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 12CC-BY 2.0 by Matt kwinkunks Transparent processing Community science Open data etc. A changing paradigm
  • 13. CRIS w/ or v Open Science? Adopting the new paradigm (and taking it seriously) No two-tiered strategy (Re)placing the scientist at the heart of the process Focusing on community concerns, needs and values Addressing privacy issues not as barriers But as objective Learning from historical experience Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. (Machiavelli) euroCRIS Meeting Paris, May 11, 2015 13 息2010-2015 EddyCamara
  • 14. Thank you! Bibliography http://www.citeulike.org/user/Schopfel/tag/safari Social network https://fr.linkedin.com/in/schopfel Contact joachim.schopfel@univ-lille3.fr euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Paris 11-12 May, 2015 14

Editor's Notes

  • #7: I identified several Resons for these Fears and Concerns: Resistance against New Public Management The currently Bad Reputation of Social Networks The currently Bad Reputation of Google etc. Distrust in THEM in the Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Central Administration.