News and Research articles on Systems theory

Volume 15, Issue 1

Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again?

Benjamin Heurich, Institute for Applied Blockchain (IABC)
Bence Lukács, Institute for Applied Blockchain (IABC)
Lukas Weidener, UMIT Tirol - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2070

A sociological analysis of the term ‘trust’ in the context of blockchain technology and science.

KEYWORDS: Trust, Open science, Decentralisation, Systems theory, Blockchain

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