ATGthePodcast 308 - A Conversation with Stevan Harnad, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Southampton

Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Stevan Harnad, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Southampton. Stevan is one of the most prominent advocates for open access and a distinguished scholar in cognitive science. In 1978, he founded the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences which pioneered "open peer commentary", a form of public discussion on published content. In this conversation, Stevan looks back on over 50 years of campaigning for, and implementing tools for, open access.  Stevan invented a term for internet-based discourse, which he called "scholarly skywriting" in 1987. But, his most famous intervention was the 1994 "Subversive Proposal", the call for peer-reviewed papers to be made openly available on the Internet so that everyone could access them – which became green Open Access. He also talks about why in 2026, the mechanism set up in the early 2000s still has not delivered what he had hoped for.  Lastly, Stevan talks about GenAI tools and says he is very positive about their ability to "brainstorm." The video of this interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/bD5w9BTZx0M LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevan-harnad-82863216/ Twitter: Keyword #OpenAccess #Research #ResearchAccessibility #GreenOpenAccess #OpenPeerCommentary #PeerReview #CognitiveScience #BehavioralAndBrainSciences #KnowledgeEquity #KnowledgeForAll #Innovation #career #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts