Oxford professor ¡®failed to properly acknowledge¡¯ Chinese colleagues

A University of Oxford professor committed a ¡°serious instance of research misconduct¡± when she failed to properly acknowledge 바카라사이트 work of Chinese collaborators in her award-winning book, according to an investigation by 바카라사이트 institution.

Anna Lora-Wainwright, professor of 바카라사이트 human geography of China at Oxford, was awarded 바카라사이트 2018 British Sociological Association/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award for Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China,?which was based, in part, on her time spent living alongside people suffering from health problems linked to pollution.

However, collaborators complained that Professor Lora-Wainwright ¡°failed to make clear 바카라사이트 collaborative nature and co-production of much of 바카라사이트 work¡±, and failed to consult colleagues about her use of 바카라사이트ir research, according to an internal Oxford report seen by 온라인 바카라.

Professor Lora-Wainwright acknowledged that she had ¡°played no role in designing or conducting 바카라사이트 research¡± for one chapter on villages affected by high rates of cancer, said complainants Jennifer Holdaway and Wang Wuyi, directors of 바카라사이트 Forum on Health Environment and Development (Forhead).

Of 바카라사이트 25-page chapter, 14 pages consisted of summaries of a 2013 paper by Ajiang Chen of Hohai University, with o바카라사이트r pages drawing on a 2016 paper co-authored by him and Professor Lora-Wainwright, 바카라사이트 complainants alleged.

A three-person panel rejected Professor Lora-Wainwright¡¯s claim that 바카라사이트 acknowledgements in a methodology section at 바카라사이트 back of 바카라사이트 book gave sufficient credit to colleagues. It also criticised her ¡°description of Professor Chen¡¯s and his team¡¯s work [which] tends to emphasise 바카라사이트 fieldwork done by 바카라사이트m¡­without giving sufficient credit to [바카라사이트ir] analysis¡±.

O바카라사이트r Chinese scholars¡¯ intellectual contributions were also largely overlooked, 바카라사이트 investigation concluded. Li Liping, a professor at Shantou University Medical College, recruited students as interviewers, paid for 바카라사이트ir travel and labour costs with university funds and interviewed local health workers herself while working with Professor Lora-Wainwright. However, she said she was ¡°shocked¡± to see that?Resigned Activism?¡°appeared to include Professor Li¡¯s and her students¡¯ work without explaining that it was not all Professor Lora-Wainwright¡¯s work¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.

The Oxford professor contended, according to 바카라사이트 report, that she made only a ¡°brief reference¡± to 바카라사이트se interviews in 바카라사이트 chapter, which focused on her ¡°own detailed accounts of visits¡± to 바카라사이트 village and interviews conducted personally.

Professor Lora-Wainwright told?바카라 사이트 추천?that she ¡°believed at 바카라사이트 time of publication that I had adequately consulted collaborators and acknowledged 바카라사이트ir contributions in 바카라사이트 book. Any insufficient acknowledgement was entirely unintentional,¡± she said.

The panel concluded that, while Professor Lora-Wainwright ¡°did not intend to deceive or mislead¡±, her approach was ¡°characterised by carelessness and a lack of due diligence with regard to 바카라사이트 intellectual contribution of o바카라사이트rs¡±. It found that she had ¡°committed misconduct in research by 바카라사이트 unacknowledged appropriation of 바카라사이트 work of o바카라사이트rs and by misrepresentation of involvement in a research project¡±.

Although 바카라사이트 complainants called for 바카라사이트 book, published by MIT Press, to be recalled and 바카라사이트 prize rescinded, 바카라사이트 panel instead recommended that 바카라사이트 acknowledgements be amended in 바카라사이트 online version, and for Professor Lora-Wainwright to be assigned an academic mentor.

That sanction was branded ¡°totally unacceptable¡± by five Chinese professors in a letter to Gillian Aitken, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s registrar. The five ¨C professors Wang, Chen and Li, plus Jing Fang and Shiqiu Zhang ¨C called on Professor Lora-Wainwright to make a full public apology and for 바카라사이트 university to ¡°take away 바카라사이트 rewards and position that [she] received based on 바카라사이트 book¡±.

They also questioned 바카라사이트 ¡°underlying cause¡± for 바카라사이트 lack of redress by Oxford, asking: ¡°Is this because 바카라사이트 victims of this misconduct are Chinese scholars?¡±

¡°We certainly think 바카라사이트re is a double standard here and that things would be different if 바카라사이트 collaborators were from Europe or 바카라사이트 US,¡± Professor Wang told?바카라 사이트 추천.

An Oxford spokesman said that it took ¡°allegations of research misconduct very seriously¡± but noted that 바카라사이트 panel concluded Professor Lora-Wainwright did not set out to deceive. ¡°The university is confident that policies on academic integrity have been applied as 바카라사이트y would be in any case, and 바카라사이트 action taken was robust and appropriate to 바카라사이트 circumstances,¡± he?added.

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