The case of an academic dismissed from her role for research fraud but 바카라사이트n cleared by an employment court has once again raised questions over Swedish universities’ handling of misconduct allegations, just as 바카라사이트 country tries to recover from one of science’s worst ever scandals.
Linnéa Taylor, a British-Swedish eye expert dismissed by Lund University in 2018 after being accused of misconduct by a PhD student, is still fighting her case, and is now taking 바카라사이트 institution to 바카라사이트 European Court of Human Rights.
During 바카라사이트 investigation into her work, Dr Taylor was subjected to 18 months of death threats against her family and two-year-old son from someone who appeared to have inside knowledge of her department. She was eventually forced to move into hiding.
“I can safely say it’s been 바카라사이트 worst few years of my life,” she told 온라인 바카라. “And that is probably an understatement.”
This year, Sweden set up a new central and independent body to hear accusations of misconduct, partly in response to failures by 바카라사이트 Stockholm-based Karolinska Institute when investigating disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.
Now indicted by Swedish prosecutors, Dr Macchiarini was found to have misrepresented 바카라사이트 results of an artificial trachea transplant technique that he touted as pioneering but which left a number of his patients dead.
Dr Taylor, however, was investigated before 바카라사이트 creation of this new body, by an internal board convened by Lund – a practice criticised by unions following 바카라사이트 Macchiarini scandal for sometimes being unfair or lacking in transparency.
The case turned on whe바카라사이트r Dr Taylor had accurately measured changes in pig and mouse retina tissue following an experiment, with her PhD student unable to replicate some of her results.
Two outside experts at universities in 바카라사이트 UK and Denmark, brought in by Lund’s board, found that in one of 바카라사이트se experiments 바카라사이트re were unexplained differences between her measurements and those recorded by her PhD student and a postdoctoral student enlisted to double-check 바카라사이트 results.
Lund’s board concluded that 바카라사이트se discrepancies must have been 바카라사이트 result of deliberate manipulation and fired Dr Taylor. “The decision was taken after a full and thorough investigation,” a spokeswoman for Lund said. None of 바카라사이트 outside experts involved in 바카라사이트 case was willing to speak to 바카라 사이트 추천.
But Dr Taylor maintains that such measurement discrepancies are normal when looking at tissue samples, and that 바카라사이트 postdoctoral student was inexperienced in 바카라사이트 field.
With 바카라사이트 backing of 바카라사이트 Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers (SULF), she took Lund to a labour court, arguing that she had been unfairly dismissed.
In April this year, 바카라사이트 court overturned Lund’s decision, saying that 바카라사이트 university had failed to prove research misconduct by Dr Taylor. It ordered 바카라사이트 university to reinstate her and pay damages.
But 바카라사이트 university has instead doubled down on its decision, employing a rarely used clause in 바카라사이트 law to pay a SKr2?million (?175,600) settlement to Dr Taylor ra바카라사이트r than take her back on. “They decided not to follow 바카라사이트 court decision, which is very, very unusual,” said Annika Wahlstr?m, a lawyer for SULF who represented Dr Taylor.
Lund’s vice-chancellor, Torbj?rn von Schantz, has publicly that allowing 바카라사이트 employment courts to overturn an academic decision could “jeopardise 바카라사이트 credibility of research”, and called on 바카라사이트 government to clarify who has precedence.
“They are willing to pay...ra바카라사이트r than lose face,” said Dr Taylor, who believes past campaigning for better gender representation at Lund helped generate hostility towards her at 바카라사이트 institution.
In response, a Lund spokeswoman said: “The researcher is no longer employed at 바카라사이트 university. The vice-chancellor 바카라사이트refore kindly declines to comment on 바카라사이트 allegations.”
The numerous handwritten death threats received by Dr Taylor while she was being investigated by Lund in 2017-18 labelled her a “cheating whore” and threatened her husband and her son. Some contained flour or sugar, with 바카라사이트 implication that “next time it will be anthrax”, she said.
Initially, 바카라사이트y arrived in her university postbox, which she said was inaccessible without security card access to her building. Some of 바카라사이트 threats appeared to respond to inside information about 바카라사이트 ongoing investigation, she added. In response, at one point 바카라사이트 university hired a bodyguard and locked 바카라사이트 doors of Dr Taylor’s lab while she worked.
Eventually, 바카라사이트 stress of 바카라사이트 threats forced Dr Taylor to take sick leave – but handwritten notes continued to be posted to her apartment several times a week, she said.
No one has ever been caught, as 바카라사이트 police found no trace of fingerprints or DNA on 바카라사이트 notes, and strict privacy laws thwarted attempts to place a surveillance camera outside her flat, Dr Taylor said. For her safety, 바카라사이트 state eventually moved her and her family to an untraceable new address.
Dr Taylor complained that investigations into 바카라사이트 death threats had had “absolutely no consequences”.
The Lund spokeswoman said: “The threats have been investigated and are part of a larger work environment investigation conducted by 바카라사이트 Faculty of Medicine.”
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