# Accepting Goodhart’s Law in Academia - Tokyo 2024

- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2024-10-07
- Duration: 18:42
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-D9Qf4Ft-1nQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Qf4Ft-1nQ

## Description

Accepting Goodhart’s Law in Academia: How Token Rewards Can Improve Upon Bibliometrics

The session explored how token rewards can enhance academic research by improving upon traditional bibliometric systems. It addressed challenges in academia, such as the replication crisis and scientific fraud, and proposed token incentives as a way to encourage open access, pre-registration, and data sharing.

Speaker:
Patrick Joyce: ResearchHub

This conference session was held at the United Nations University, Tokyo, as part of the 10th edition of Funding the Commons.

Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io