# Between Rigor and Equity – the „Open“ in Open Science
Open Science is a means to an end. For some people, Open Science is a quest for rigor and research quality. For others, Open Science is all about equity and access. In this talk, I want to bring the two viewpoints together and show how openness can help with both, even if rigor and equity are sometimes at odds with each other. And so I will end with a pragmatic Open Science perspective that works for everyday research practice, improves research quality and increases equity: Be as open as possible and as closed as necessary, make each project better than the last, and don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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