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* I work for the free circulation of knowledge and research in every field and region. In practice that means education, collaboration, research, writing, tool-building, direct assistance, and ''pro bono'' consulting for [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book) open access]. I wear two hats:
* I work for the free circulation of knowledge and research in every field and region. In practice that means education, collaboration, research, writing, tool-building, direct assistance, and ''pro bono'' consulting for [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book) open access]. I wear two hats:
** Senior Advisor on Open Access (based in [http://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library]). <!-- since 1/1/22 -->   
** Senior Advisor on Open Access (in [http://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library]). <!-- since 1/1/22 -->   
** Director of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (based in the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center]) <!-- since 7/11 -->
** Director of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (in the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center]) <!-- since 7/11 -->
<!-- * In my ''pro bono'' consulting, I work with universities, libraries, funders, societies, publishers, governments, nonprofit advocacy groups, tool-builders, start-ups, and individual researchers. Among other things, I advise on OA policies, practices, strategies, and answers to frequently heard questions, objections, and misunderstandings. -->


* I'm a few steps into [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement].
* I'm a few steps into [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement].
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no longer does so; I could change where it points and may do so -->
no longer does so; I could change where it points and may do so -->
** One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.  
** One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.  
** Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm ''The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions''] (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print, or as soon as I can revert the rights, whichever comes first.
** Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is [http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm ''The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions''] (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print, or as soon as I can revert the rights, whichever comes first.
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* When I was a philosophy prof (1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Indian Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.
* When I was a philosophy prof (1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Indian Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.


* Since 2001 or so, my interests have centered on policies, practices, and technologies that foster research, especially those that foster the growth, sharing, reliability, use, and usefulness of research. In addition to promoting these policies, practices, and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research, how it ought to change research, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet for research.  
* Since 2001 my interests have centered on policies, practices, and technologies that foster research, especially those that foster open access to research and the growth, quality, use, reuse, and usefulness of research. In addition to promoting these policies, practices, and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research, how it ought to change research, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet for research.  
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== Other current affiliations ==
== Other current affiliations ==
* Here are some affiliations other than the [[#My_work_and_primary_affiliations|primary affiliations]] above (most recent first):
* Here are some affiliations other than the [[#My_work_and_primary_affiliations|primary affiliations]] above (most recent first):
** Member of the steering committee of the [https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/about/ BOAI Organization].
<!-- joined the committee April 20, 2024; the web site launched November 18, 2024 -->
** Member of the [https://arc-alliance.unc.edu/leadership/#tabs-0-1 Advisory Board] of the [https://arc-alliance.unc.edu/ ARC Alliance].
<!-- since July 28, 2023 -->
** Member of the [https://openclimatecampaign.org/about-us/ Steering Committee] of the [https://openclimatecampaign.org/ Open Climate Campaign] (OCC).
** Member of the [https://openclimatecampaign.org/about-us/ Steering Committee] of the [https://openclimatecampaign.org/ Open Climate Campaign] (OCC).
** [https://incentivizingopen.org/Team/ Strategist] for [https://incentivizingopen.org/ Incentivizing Collaborative and Open Research] (ICOR).
** [https://incentivizingopen.org/Team/ Strategist] for [https://incentivizingopen.org/ Incentivizing Collaborative and Open Research] (ICOR).
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** Founding member of the [http://www.authorsalliance.org/ Authors Alliance] <!-- since May 21, 2014 -->
** Founding member of the [http://www.authorsalliance.org/ Authors Alliance] <!-- since May 21, 2014 -->
** Member of the [http://www.share-research.org/about/our-team/joint-working-group/ Joint Working Group] of [http://www.arl.org/share SHared Access Research Ecosystem] (SHARE) <!-- member of technical working group since Nov 2013, which then merged with other working groups to become joint working group in Feb 2015 -->
** Member of the [http://www.share-research.org/about/our-team/joint-working-group/ Joint Working Group] of [http://www.arl.org/share SHared Access Research Ecosystem] (SHARE) <!-- member of technical working group since Nov 2013, which then merged with other working groups to become joint working group in Feb 2015 -->
** Member of the [http://about.scienceopen.com/advisory-board/ Advisory Board] of [https://www.scienceopen.com/ ScienceOpen] <!-- since Sept 20, 2013 -->
** Member of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20170209170521/https://about.openlibhums.org/about/committees/academic-steering-advocacy-committee/ Academic Steering & Advocacy Committee] of the [http://www.openlibhums.org/ Open Library of Humanities] (OLH) <!-- since January 2013 -->  
** Member of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20170209170521/https://about.openlibhums.org/about/committees/academic-steering-advocacy-committee/ Academic Steering & Advocacy Committee] of the [http://www.openlibhums.org/ Open Library of Humanities] (OLH) <!-- since January 2013 -->  
** Member of the [http://opensyllabusproject.org/people/ Advisory Board] of the [http://opensyllabusproject.org/ Open Syllabus Project] (OSP) <!-- since July 2012 -->
** Member of the [https://blog.opensyllabus.org/people/ Advisory Board] of the [https://www.opensyllabus.org/ Open Syllabus Project] (OSP) <!-- since July 2012 -->
<!-- ** Director of the Harvard Open Access Project -->
<!-- ** Director of the Harvard Open Access Project -->
** Member of the [http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6095/people Board] of [http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/j_6/home Enabling Open Scholarship] (EOS) <!-- since 9/22/09 -->
** Member of the [http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6095/people Board] of [http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/j_6/home Enabling Open Scholarship] (EOS) <!-- since 9/22/09 -->
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** Co-founder of the [http://oad.simmons.edu/ Open Access Directory] (OAD), with Robin Peek, 2008
** Co-founder of the [http://oad.simmons.edu/ Open Access Directory] (OAD), with Robin Peek, 2008
** Co-founder of the [http://bit.ly/hoap-soar Societies and Open Access Research] (SOAR) project, with Caroline Sutton, 2007
** Co-founder of the [http://bit.ly/hoap-soar Societies and Open Access Research] (SOAR) project, with Caroline Sutton, 2007
** Principal drafter of the [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative] (February 2002) and the [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations BOAI 10 year anniversary statement] (September 2012)
** Principal drafter of the [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative] (February 2002), the [https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai10/ BOAI 10 year anniversary statement] (September 2012), and the [https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/ BOAI 20 year anniversary statement] (March 2022).
** Creator of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic Nomic], 1982
** Creator of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic Nomic], 1982


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** Member of the [http://blog.onerepo.net/advisory-board/ Advisory Board] of [http://onerepo.net/ OneRepo] <!-- since June 2015 -->
** Member of the [http://blog.onerepo.net/advisory-board/ Advisory Board] of [http://onerepo.net/ OneRepo] <!-- since June 2015 -->
** Member of the [http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/odap/advisory-board Advisory Board] of the Harvard [http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/odap Open Data Assistance Program] (ODAP) <!-- since Oct 2014 -->
** Member of the [http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/odap/advisory-board Advisory Board] of the Harvard [http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/odap Open Data Assistance Program] (ODAP) <!-- since Oct 2014 -->
** Member of the [http://journals.sfu.ca/src/index.php/src/announcement/view/5 Editorial Board] of the [http://journals.sfu.ca/src/index.php/src/index Journal of Scholarly and Research Communication] <!-- since 4/09 --> <!-- stepped down at end of Nov 2018 -->
** Member of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150125053530/https://about.scienceopen.com/advisory-board/ Advisory Board] of [https://www.scienceopen.com/ ScienceOpen] <!-- since Sept 20, 2013 -->
** Member of the [http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/about-us/ Library Steering Committee] of [http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/ Knowledge Unlatched] (KU) <!-- started January 2013; stepped down October 30, 2018, in email to Frances Pinter -->
** Member of the [http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/about-us/ Library Steering Committee] of [http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/ Knowledge Unlatched] (KU) <!-- started January 2013; stepped down October 30, 2018, in email to Frances Pinter -->
** Member of the [http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/whatwedo/research/infrastructure/openaccess/International_Advisory_Panel_members.pdf Advisory Panel] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20140904101654/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/monographs/ HEFCE monographs and open access project] <!-- since Aug 2013 -->
** Member of the [http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/whatwedo/research/infrastructure/openaccess/International_Advisory_Panel_members.pdf Advisory Panel] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20140904101654/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/monographs/ HEFCE monographs and open access project] <!-- since Aug 2013 -->
** Member of the [http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/editors Editorial Board] of [http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications Publications] <!-- starting August 2012 --> <!-- stepped down Aug 1, 2014 -->
** Member of the [http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/editors Editorial Board] of [http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications Publications] <!-- starting August 2012 --> <!-- stepped down Aug 1, 2014 -->
** [http://www.openforumacademy.org/fellows/biog/peter-suber Fellow] at the [http://www.openforumacademy.org/ OpenForum Academy] <!-- started June 28, 2012; stepped down Nov 7, 2016 -->  <!-- stepped down again May 27, 2018 -->
** [http://www.openforumacademy.org/fellows/biog/peter-suber Fellow] at the [http://www.openforumacademy.org/ OpenForum Academy] <!-- started June 28, 2012; stepped down Nov 7, 2016 -->  <!-- stepped down again May 27, 2018 --> <!-- stepped down again July 11, 2023 -->
** Member of the Advisory Group of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20110604130115/http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/campus/ SPARC Campus Open Access Policies project] <!-- publicly launched August 5, 2009 -->
** Member of the Advisory Group of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20110604130115/http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/campus/ SPARC Campus Open Access Policies project] <!-- publicly launched August 5, 2009 -->
** Faculty Fellow at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society], 2009-2015.  
** Faculty Fellow at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society], 2009-2015.  
<!-- starting 7/1/09; I shifted from fellow to senior researcher 9/15 -->
<!-- starting 7/1/09; I shifted from fellow to senior researcher 9/15 -->
** Member of the [http://journals.sfu.ca/src/index.php/src/announcement/view/5 Editorial Board] of the [http://journals.sfu.ca/src/index.php/src/index Journal of Scholarly and Research Communication] <!-- since 4/09 --> <!-- stepped down at end of Nov 2018 -->
** Visiting Fellow at the [https://law.yale.edu/isp Information Society Project] (ISP) of [http://www.law.yale.edu/ Yale Law School]  
** Visiting Fellow at the [https://law.yale.edu/isp Information Society Project] (ISP) of [http://www.law.yale.edu/ Yale Law School]  
<!-- since 1/08 -->
<!-- since 1/08 -->
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** Moderator of the [http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/ BOAI Forum]
** Moderator of the [http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/ BOAI Forum]
<!-- From February 14, 2003 to March 30, 2008 -->
<!-- From February 14, 2003 to March 30, 2008 -->
** Affiliate of the [https://wayback.archive-it.org/219/20220524140953/https://cogsci.indiana.edu/people.html Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition] at Indiana University.
<!-- Doug Hofstadter's research group; I'd have to look up the dates -->
** Editorial consultant to [http://noesis.evansville.edu/ Noesis: Philosophical Research Online]
** Editorial consultant to [http://noesis.evansville.edu/ Noesis: Philosophical Research Online]
** Member of the Executive Committee of the [http://iacap.org/ International Association for Computing and Philosophy] and co-editor of its [http://iacap.org/library.htm Virtual Library of Philosophy]
** Member of the Executive Committee of the [http://iacap.org/ International Association for Computing and Philosophy] and co-editor of its [https://web.archive.org/web/20021210034849/http://iacap.org:80/library.htm Virtual Library of Philosophy]
** Senior Researcher at [http://noetic-labs.com Noetic Laboratories]
** Senior Researcher at [http://noetic-labs.com Noetic Laboratories]
** Co-Editor of [http://noesis.evansville.edu Noesis: Philosophical Research On-Line]
** Co-Editor of [http://noesis.evansville.edu Noesis: Philosophical Research On-Line]
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== Social media ==
== Social media ==


* I tweet as [https://twitter.com/petersuber @petersuber] and toot as [https://fediscience.org/web/@petersuber @petersuber((me))].
* On Mastodon I'm [https://fediscience.org/web/@petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org].
** Most of my social-media posts are on Mastodon these days.
** To read or follow my Mastodon posts without a Mastodon account, use the [https://fediscience.org/@petersuber HTML version] or the [https://fediscience.org/@petersuber.rss RSS feed]. Or use a non-Mastodon platform interoperable with Mastodon through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse fediverse].
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<!-- ** I like Twitter for what it does well, but [[Not on Twitter please | not for everything]].
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I'm commenting this out because I don't want to have these conversations on my pubpub blog -->
I'm commenting this out because I don't want to have these conversations on my pubpub blog -->
* On Bluesky I'm [https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.bsky.social @petersuber.bsky.social] (original account) and [https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy] (Bluesky bridge to my Mastodon account). Still just experimenting.
** To follow me on Bluesky, there's little point following just the original account, since I rarely post there. Follow the bridge account to get all my Mastodon posts on Bluesky. Or follow both.
<!-- see my Bluesky post to this effect, August 19, 2024; eventually pin it to my Bluesky account, when it supports pinned posts
https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.bsky.social/post/3l23uubbsdt23
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<!-- also see my pinned Mastodon post to this effect, August 31, 2024
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/113056949564664994
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* On Friendica I'm [https://social.trom.tf/profile/petersuber @petersuber@social.trom.tf]. Still just experimenting
<!-- testing = <a href="https://social.trom.tf/profile/petersuber" rel="me">@petersuber</a> -->
* On X/Twitter I'm [https://twitter.com/petersuber @petersuber]. I stopped regular posting when Elon Musk took over in late 2022.


* Blogging
* Blogging
** From May 2002 to April 2010, I blogged heavily at [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News], about 18,000 posts over 8 years, with occasional blogging partners. OAN was my attempt to stay on top of all that was happening with OA and share what I learned. It was useful while it lasted, but it didn't scale with the growth of OA. That failure to scale led me to launch the crowd-sourced, tag-based [https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_Tracking_Project Open Access Tracking Project] in 2009, and lay down my blog about a year later. I explained why I was making the transition in a May 2009 [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4322586 article] in my newsletter. OAN is preserved and searchable in several places, including the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224045531/http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Internet Archive Wayback Machine]. See [[History_of_open_access#Open_Access_News_.282002-2010.29 | more details here]].
** From May 2002 to April 2010, I blogged heavily at [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News], about 18,000 posts over 8 years, with occasional blogging partners. OAN was my attempt to stay on top of all that was happening with OA and share what I learned. It was useful while it lasted, but it didn't scale with the growth of OA. That failure to scale led me to launch the crowd-sourced, tag-based [https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_Tracking_Project Open Access Tracking Project] in 2009, and lay down my blog about a year later. I explained why I was making the transition in a May 2009 [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4322586 article] in my newsletter. OAN is preserved and searchable in several places, including the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224045531/http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Internet Archive Wayback Machine]. See [[History_of_open_access#Open_Access_News_.282002-2010.29 | more details here]].
** From July 2011 to April 2019, I blogged lightly at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B Google+], about 1,200 posts over 8 years. Google pulled the plug on G+ in April 2019 and deleted all the posts. However, I saved many of them to the [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive] and nearly all of them to [https://conifer.rhizome.org/petersuber/peter-suber-g-blog Conifer]. Here's a [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Selected_Google_Plus_posts subset of them]. See [[History_of_open_access#Google.2B_blog_.282011-2019.29 | more details here]].  
** From July 2011 to April 2019, I blogged lightly at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B Google+], about 1,200 posts over 8 years. Google pulled the plug on G+ in April 2019 and deleted all the posts. However, I saved many of them to the [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive] and nearly all of them to [https://conifer.rhizome.org/petersuber/peter-suber-g-blog Conifer]. Here's a [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Selected_Google_Plus_posts subset of them]. [[History_of_open_access#Google.2B_blog_.282011-2019.29 | More details here]].  
<!-- I once said here that I'd written about 1,400 posts; not sure why I thought that; but I only *saved* about 1,200 to Conifer; so I'm using that number here; my dim recollection is that I saved most but not all my G+ posts; so the right number might be 1,400 -->
<!-- I once said here that I'd written about 1,400 posts; not sure why I thought that; but I only *saved* about 1,200 to Conifer; so I'm using that number here; my dim recollection is that I saved most but not all my G+ posts; so the right number might be 1,400 -->
** In May 2020 I started a [https://suber.pubpub.org/ new blog on PubPub].  
** In May 2020 I started a [https://suber.pubpub.org/ new blog on PubPub]. But I seldom post.
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* Since the death of G+, I've been looking for a new blogging platform.  
* Since the death of G+, I've been looking for a new blogging platform.  

Latest revision as of 15:51, 19 November 2024

This wiki page has been my main home page since June 2013.

My work and primary affiliations

  • I work for the free circulation of knowledge and research in every field and region. In practice that means education, collaboration, research, writing, tool-building, direct assistance, and pro bono consulting for open access. I wear two hats:
  • My primary field is philosophy (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1978). I'm also a non-practicing lawyer (J.D., Northwestern, 1982).

Writings

 

My latest book is Knowledge Unbound (MIT Press, 2016). It's available in paperback, hardback, and many open-access editions (same text, different file formats).

 

My last book before that is Open Access (MIT Press, 2012). It's available in paperback and many open-access editions (same text, different file formats). I keep it alive with frequent updates and supplements. Choice named Open Access an Outstanding Academic Title for 2013.
  • Nearly all my publications are open access from my section of DASH (the Harvard open-access repository), my old Earlham web site, a publisher's site, or some combination of these.
    • One kind of exception is an older, print-only publication for which I don't yet have a digital edition. Over the years I've gradually created digital editions where I didn't have them, and I'm nearly done.
    • Another kind of exception is a work for which I have a digital edition but not permission for open access. The only exception of this kind is The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions (Routledge, 1998). I published it before I started thinking hard about OA. I've asked Routledge to make the book OA, but it declined. I'm still willing to do so as soon as Routledge is. If Routledge doesn't make it OA while the book is still in print, then I'll make it OA as soon is it goes out of print, or as soon as I can revert the rights, whichever comes first.

Academic interests

  • When I was a philosophy prof (1982-2003), I specialized in Kant and German idealism; the history of modern European philosophy, roughly from Montaigne to Nietzsche; the history of western skepticism from Socrates to the 20th century; epistemological and ethical issues related to skepticism, such as fictionalism, ideology, self-deception, and the ethics of belief; the logical, epistemological, ethical, and legal problems of self-reference; the metatheory of first-order logic; the ethics of paternalism, consent, and coercion; and the philosophy of law. I retain an interest in all these topics, and have since added some new ones: the connections between ancient Greek skepticism and Indian Buddhism (via Pyrrho), the naturalization of ethics, and concepts of randomness.
  • Since 2001 my interests have centered on policies, practices, and technologies that foster research, especially those that foster open access to research and the growth, quality, use, reuse, and usefulness of research. In addition to promoting these policies, practices, and technologies, I want to understand how the internet has changed research, how it ought to change research, and what it would mean to take full advantage of the internet for research.

Other current affiliations

Background and past affiliations

  • I was a professor of philosophy at Earlham College for 21 years (1982-2003). I also taught computer science and law. When I stepped down in 2003 to work full-time on OA, I was a tenured senior professor. I'm now a professor emeritus.

Social media

  • On Mastodon I'm @petersuber@fediscience.org.
    • Most of my social-media posts are on Mastodon these days.
    • To read or follow my Mastodon posts without a Mastodon account, use the HTML version or the RSS feed. Or use a non-Mastodon platform interoperable with Mastodon through the fediverse.
  • On Bluesky I'm @petersuber.bsky.social (original account) and @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky bridge to my Mastodon account). Still just experimenting.
    • To follow me on Bluesky, there's little point following just the original account, since I rarely post there. Follow the bridge account to get all my Mastodon posts on Bluesky. Or follow both.
  • On X/Twitter I'm @petersuber. I stopped regular posting when Elon Musk took over in late 2022.
  • Blogging
    • From May 2002 to April 2010, I blogged heavily at Open Access News, about 18,000 posts over 8 years, with occasional blogging partners. OAN was my attempt to stay on top of all that was happening with OA and share what I learned. It was useful while it lasted, but it didn't scale with the growth of OA. That failure to scale led me to launch the crowd-sourced, tag-based Open Access Tracking Project in 2009, and lay down my blog about a year later. I explained why I was making the transition in a May 2009 article in my newsletter. OAN is preserved and searchable in several places, including the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. See more details here.
    • From July 2011 to April 2019, I blogged lightly at Google+, about 1,200 posts over 8 years. Google pulled the plug on G+ in April 2019 and deleted all the posts. However, I saved many of them to the Internet Archive and nearly all of them to Conifer. Here's a subset of them. More details here.
    • In May 2020 I started a new blog on PubPub. But I seldom post.

Related pages

  • My conflicts of interest.
    • This is the only place where I try to list the sources of my past and present funding.

Contacting me

  • My primary email addresses are peter_suber@harvard.edu and peter.suber@gmail.com.
    • I also use <psuber@cyber.law.harvard.edu> and <peter_suber@g.harvard.edu>.
    • I'm phasing out <psuber@law.harvard.edu>, <psuber@cyber.harvard.edu>, and <peters@earlham.edu>. If you have them in your address book, please replace them with one of the above.
  • Email is the best way to reach me. If you want to contact me by phone, text, Zoom, snail mail, or some other way, then send me an email and I'll tell you how.
  • All my Harvard work is now remote. It's no longer possible to meet F2F in Cambridge, call me at an office phone number, or send me snail mail to a campus address.


"To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher."

     Pascal, Pensées.
     Trans. A.J. Krailsheimer, Penguin, 1966, §513

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