The Silent Scandal - Power Abuse and Corruption by Design in German Research
Female PhD students "disciplined" with a cane by their professor - absurd? Female professors losing their positions under dubious circumstances following questionable investigations - illegal, surely? Victim support services silencing the very people they’re meant to protect - unthinkable? Cases like these - just as recently published in SPIEGEL and Deutsche Welle - occasionally make headlines, often to be dismissed as isolated incidents. What if they point to a deeper, systemic issue within German scientific institutions?
