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Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cofnas has been accused of promoting pseudoscientific ideas of racial difference in his online writings, and was reportedly among bloggers recommended to the Palantir founder Peter Thiel by a “race science” researcher.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do they have a blocking mechanism for studies?

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago

They could not pay them a salary or cancel the contract. But a one year postdoc contract is quite cheap compared to an international dispute, I guess this means pretty much take this money, do whatever you want and don't ever talk to us again.