Tiedemaailman
Tiedemaailman is a Finnish term that denotes the world of science and the scientific community. It refers to the collective of researchers, institutions, and practices that generate, validate, and apply knowledge. In usage, it encompasses both the intellectual enterprise of science and the social system that supports it.
Key components include universities and research institutes, funding bodies, scientific journals and publishers, conferences, and data
It produces new knowledge through experiments and analysis, validates results through peer review, and disseminates findings
In Finnish discourse tiedemaailman is used as a broad umbrella term and can appear in possessive form
Current discussions address reproducibility, open science, data sharing, and the democratization of knowledge. Challenges include funding