<p dir="ltr">Keynote presentation for the <a href="https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/projects/University_of_Manchester_Open_Research_Conference_2025/248774" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Manchester Open Research Conference</a>, 9-10 June 2025. Stephen poses the question: is open research the last hold-out of scholarly idealism in a world beset by biases, social injustices, nationalist populism, and the perverse incentives arising from a mindset fixated on competition?</p>
