1 - For three years, my colleague Syksy Räsänen and I have defended ourselves against charges of aggravated defamation and aggravated dissemination of information pertaining to private life, after we spoke out against the appointment of Christian Ott at the University of #Turku, whom #Caltech had found to have harassed two of his students.
Today, we were acquitted. A thread
In 2018, C. Ott, who had harassed two students at #Caltech, was hired in Turku, after a Stockholm appointment was canceled due to staff protest.
A colleague and I wrote a statement against #harassment in #astronomy and a letter to the University leadership expressing our concern. The hire was canceled.
Science reports that Ott now demands compensation and that we're also facing criminal charges. The verdict is due next week.
A professor from Leiden University has subjected various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period. These are the findings of an investigation carried out by the University’s independent Complaints Committee for Unacceptable Behaviour at the request of the Executive Board…
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