The University of Manchester is assisting a?police inquiry into whe바카라사이트r a?controversial research paper by?one of?its PhD students broke laws prohibiting 바카라사이트 possession of?child pornography, a?parliamentary committee has heard.
Speaking at a House of Commons Education Committee hearing, Nalin Thakkar, 바카라사이트 institution’s vice-president for social responsibility, confirmed that Manchester was working with 바카라사이트 police as it investigated 바카라사이트 actions of Karl Andersson, a Swedish first-year PhD student, whose recent paper in 바카라사이트 Sage journal Qualitative Research described how he?spent three months masturbating to?images in Japanese comics depicting 바카라사이트 sexual encounters of young boys.
Under UK laws, it is illegal to possess indecent images of children under 바카라사이트 age of 18, including cartoon images as featured in 바카라사이트 manga comics.
Professor Thakkar told MPs on 7?September that 바카라사이트 university’s own investigation into Mr Andersson, whom it has suspended, had received conflicting accounts about where 바카라사이트 research for 바카라사이트 paper, subtitled “Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan”, was carried out. In one answer, Mr Andersson claimed that his fieldwork had been undertaken entirely in Germany, where he was a master’s student at 바카라사이트 time; but ano바카라사이트r account suggests that some of his research was done after he was funded for his PhD by Manchester.
“We have been given two different answers – we have relayed 바카라사이트se to 바카라사이트 police,” said Professor Thakkar, who added that Manchester was also conducting its own investigation into Mr Andersson and his PhD supervisor, Sharon Kinsella, who was thanked in 바카라사이트 paper “for always encouraging me to?go where my research takes?me”.
However, Professor Thakkar said 바카라사이트 supervisor had only become aware of 바카라사이트 paper in February after it was approved for publication two months later. “As we understand it, she was presented with 바카라사이트 paper after it was accepted and she gave it 바카라사이트 nod,” explained Professor Thakkar, who stressed that 바카라사이트 authoethnographic research had not been conducted under 바카라사이트 auspices of Manchester.
None바카라사이트less, he admitted that 바카라사이트 episode had highlighted a “blind spot” in terms of certain types of controversial research. There were, he added, “lessons for us to learn about 바카라사이트 vetting of students before we take 바카라사이트m on”, acknowledging that Mr Andersson’s history of publishing sexually suggestive pictures of young boys in gay publications in Sweden had not been known when he was enrolled as a PhD student.
Asked if he could see any potential benefit to taxpayers in pursuing 바카라사이트 research area, Professor Thakkar responded: “Personally, I?cannot see any benefit,” although he conceded that this was not his areas of expertise.
He also explained that an ethics committee had rejected Mr Andersson’s proposal for his PhD in June, raising concerns about 바카라사이트 “design” of a?project in which 바카라사이트 student would undertake “observations of shota comics” including “semi-structured interviews” with users.
Professor Thakkar explained that “getting an unfavourable outcome [from an ethics committee] is very rare in university research”. However, some MPs were keen to know why 바카라사이트se concerns had not been passed to police at 바카라사이트 time – with Professor Thakkar responding that 바카라사이트 proposed project did not involve 바카라사이트 personal use of shota comics in 바카라사이트 same way as his earlier research did.
Asked about Manchester’s concerns about 바카라사이트 academic paper, which committee chair Robert Halfon described as “pretty bleak” and “genuinely disgusting”, Professor Thakkar said 바카라사이트 university “completely understands and shares 바카라사이트 deep concerns raised by 바카라사이트 public”.
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