Academic publishing is big business - but does it have to be?

Frustrated academics are finding new models for publishing academic research that bypasses the big academic publishers who are making millions from their research. And it is the universities that are paying for it - usually twice.

Guest: Arash Abizadeh, professor of political science at McGill University and author of the article in the Guardian titled: Academic journals are a lucrative scam and we're determined to change that

Originally broadcast on 25 July 2024