Danish commitee finds Klarlund Pedersen, Penkowa guilty of scientific dishonesty
Two researchers in Denmark are guilty of scientific dishonesty, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD, Danish acronym UVVU) has concluded. In July, the DCSD said in a draft report that...
View ArticlePenkowa-Pedersen paper retracted nearly three years after being subjected to...
We have an update on the complicated story of Milena Penkowa and Bente Klarlund Pedersen. Two papers coauthored by the pair — who have both been found guilty of scientific dishonesty by the Danish...
View ArticleDanish committee rejects much of Klarlund Pedersen’s appeal of misconduct...
The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD, Danish acronym UVVU) has partially reversed a December 2013 finding of misconduct against a scientist in Denmark, but has upheld most of its...
View ArticleDanish high court clears Pedersen in misconduct case
Lawyers one, scientists nil. Danish judges have overruled scientists in that nation, concluding that a panel of experts erred in finding that physiologist Bente Klarlund Pedersen, of the University of...
View ArticleDanish neuroscientist sentenced by court for lying about faked experiments
In a rare development, neuroscientist Milena Penkowa has been sentenced by a Danish court for faking data. The ruling, from the Copenhagen City Court, resulted from Penkowa’s publication of her 2003...
View ArticleSanction for Toronto researchers upheld despite court challenge
A Toronto hospital network is keeping two researchers’ labs closed even after an Ontario court quashed part of a misconduct finding by the institution. Some background: After the University Health...
View ArticleDenmark court clears controversial psychologist of misconduct charges
A Danish court has determined that psychologist Helmuth Nyborg did not commit misconduct in a controversial 2011 paper which predicted an influx of immigrants into Denmark would lower the population’s...
View ArticleDanish court dismisses charges against neuroscientist in appeal of fraud verdict
A Copenhagen court has cleared neuroscientist Milena Penkowa of the most serious charges against her after she appealed a 2015 verdict that she had faked data. According to the CPH Post, the Eastern...
View ArticleDenmark to institute sweeping changes in handling misconduct
In six weeks, new policies for handling misconduct in Denmark will go into effect, which alter the definition of misconduct and establish clear policies for who handles such allegations. Starting July...
View ArticleCopenhagen revokes degree of controversial neuroscientist Milena Penkowa
The University of Copenhagen has stripped Milena Penkowa of her doctoral degree, after determining she had covered up problems with her research. According to a release issued today by the university,...
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