NTU Global Asia Research Centre Event Series: Open Science, Research Security, and Epistemic Pluralities: China in a Changing Global Knowledge Order

Abstract

Open Science, Research Security, and Epistemic Pluralities: China in a Changing Global Knowledge Order

Open Science has emerged as a global governance ideal, promoted as a pathway toward increased transparency, access, and new forms of epistemic inclusion. At the same time, concerns around research security have intensified across the world. This talk examines the resulting tension through the case of China as a revealing site for understanding how historical experiences of openness shape contemporary science governance. Drawing on ongoing empirical research on Open Science in contemporary China, and framed through the concept of epistemic pluralities, the talk situates China’s Open Science approach alongside debates on research security and openness in Europe and beyond, highlighting how historically shaped experiences of openness inform present-day epistemic and governance arrangements.

Speaker

Dr. Annina Lattu is a postdoctoral researcher working on the governance of science and knowledge in global and comparative perspective. She is currently based in Shanghai as a Visiting Scholar at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, and a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her postdoctoral research examines the institutionalization of Open Science in China in the context of rising research securitization and geopolitical change, with a broader interest in epistemic pluralities and global science governance. She is also completing a second doctoral dissertation at the Higher Education Group, Tampere University, Finland, which examines Open Science in university–industry collaboration in Finland and China.

Dr. Annina Lattu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Visiting Scholar, Nordic Centre, Fudan University

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science”, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

• Dr. Annina Lattu

  Annina Lattu is a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science,” led by Dr. Anna L. Ahlers. She holds a PhD in Economics of Education and Educational Administration from the Graduate School of Education at Peking University (PRC), and is finalizing her second doctorate at the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University (Finland). Her dissertation research explored Open Science practices in university–industry collaboration in Finland and China. Her postdoctoral project focuses on the evolving landscape of Open Science in China, contextualized through comparison with Finland. 

  Annina actively contributes to policy discussions on Open Science in Europe and China, particularly regarding Open Science in university–industry collaboration and national-level developments in China. Her work bridges academic research with science policy and practitioner communities in both regions. 

  She received the Open Science Promoter Award 2022 from Tampere University. At Peking University, she was awarded the Hailiang Scholarship (海亮奖学⾦) and an outstanding student honor (学习优秀奖) for the academic year 2020-2021. 

  Annina has a master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University’s Creative Sustainability Master’s Programme and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Turku School of Economics. As an entrepreneur, she has consulted various projects related to sustainability, fashion, and culture since 2013. From 2016–2018 Annina worked as an analyst and business developer at the Helsinki-based science communication agency Kaskas Media.

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