The credibility crisis and democratic governance: How to reform university governance to be compatible with the nature of science

In press, Royal Society Open Science, To address the credibility crisis facing many disciplines, change is needed at the institutional level. To the extent there is mismatch in way of thinking required in science itself and that which occurs in the culture by which science is governed, including at the institutional level, science will not function optimally. The paper suggests a series of graduated reforms to university governance, to radically reform the operation of universities. The reforms are based on existing established open democratic practices. The aim is for universities to become consistent with the flourishing of science and of research more generally.