Further Information on Academic Mobbing
Read the Two-Page Brief Introduction to Academic Mobbing by the Canadian expert
Prof. Dr. Kenneth Westhues in Academic Matters:
Download PDF (read article pages 18-19): http://www.academicmatters.ca/assets/AM-Fall-2006-Issue.pdf
Read PDF online (go to the PDF pages 15-16 to read the article page 18-19): http://www.academicmatters.ca/assets/AM-Fall-2006-Issue.pdf
Another intriguing recent article on Academic Mobbing is by the American expert
Prof. Dr. Sherry Moss in Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06040-w
An outstanding article on Academic Mobbing is also by the Canadian expert
Prof. Dr. Eve Seguin in University Affairs:
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/academic-mobbing-become-campus-tormentors/
Two short, but helpful, Academic Mobbing articles are by the Austrian expert
Prof. Dr. Rotraud A. Perner in the Austrian Standard:
http://derstandard.at/1363710905985/Mobbing-Universitaere-Ressourcenvernichtung
[EN]
http://derstandard.at/1361241073629/Psychische-Gesundheit-als-Fuersorgepflicht-des-Arbeitgebers-Universitaet
[EN]
Another brief introduction to Academic Mobbing (particularly, of medical
doctors) is by two German law experts as follows:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0949-328X-00193
Current N2 Position Paper about
Power Abuse and Conflict Resolution by the Helmholtz Juniors, the Doctoral
Researchers of the IPP Mainz, the Leibniz PhD Network, and the Max Planck PhDnet,
representing 15,000 PhD students in Germany:
EN: Conflict Resolution and Power Abuse in Science
DE: Konfliktlösung und Machtmissbrauch in der Wissenschaft
Former Bullied Into Bad Science campaign collecting signatures
for a fairer, more open and ethical research and publication environment:
http://bulliedintobadscience.org
Mobbing Indicators (questionnaires and check lists):
- Negative acts
questionnaire (NAQ) of 22 mobbing actions
- Westhues check list (WAMI) of 16 mobbing actions
- Leymann questionnaire (LIPT)
of 45 mobbing actions: EN,
DE,
FR
- Wolmerarth & Ess catalog
(WEC) of 100 mobbing actions (in German)
Wikipedia Articles:
Workplace bullying in academia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_bullying_in_academia
Workplace bullying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_bullying
Bullying in medicine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_in_medicine
Psychopathy in the workplace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace
Legal aspects of workplace bullying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_aspects_of_workplace_bullying
Bullying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
Mobbing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobbing
Stalking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking
Scientific misconduct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_misconduct
Academic dishonesty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_dishonesty
Recent Cases (affected persons, targets and/or victims) of Academic Mobbing/Bossing or Stalking
(or of similar scientific misconduct against the academic career), please report more such cases:
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Thirty-two cases of academic professor mobbing in USA, Canada, Australia and elsewhere, and another case at an American Ivy League university:
see http://www.mobbingportal.com/casesofmobbing.html
and http://www.kwesthues.com/mobnews06.htm and https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/poisonous-science-dark-side-lab -
Case of Prof. Dr. Janice Harper, University of Tennessee, USA:
see http://janice-harper.com, based on her own experience, she also wrote antimobbing articles and the useful book "Mobbed! What to Do When They are Really Out to Get You" -
Case of Prof. Dr. Enrichetta Ravina, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA:
see http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/07/26/business-school-professor-columbia-found-liable-in-former-professors-sexual-harassment-suit/ and http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/07/30/former-columbia-professor-awarded-125-million (2018) -
Case of Prof. Dr. Beverly Emerson, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA:
see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06013-z and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07508-5 (-2018) -
Case of Prof. Dr. Morteza Shirkhanzadeh, Queen's University, Canada:
see http://www.qjlongform.com/blowing-the-whistle/index.html and Little Office of Research Integrity (LORI) as well as http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2016-09-19/news/breaking-whistleblower-morteza-shirkhanzadeh-fired/ and http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2016-10-14/news/shirkhanzadeh-firing-wont-proceed-to-further-arbitration/ (2005-2016) -
Case of Prof. Dr. Gabrielle Horne, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
see http://www.gabriellehorne.com/ (2002-2016) -
Case of Prof. Stefan Grimm, Imperial College London, United Kingdom:
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Grimm (-2014) -
Cases of students and scientists at British universities, United Kingdom:
see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/sep/28/academics-uk-universities-accused-bullying-students-colleagues and https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/jan/26/we-need-a-bigger-conversation-about-bullying-in-academia (2018) -
Cases of scientists, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom:
see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06131-8 (2018) -
Case of Prof. Sir Richard Timothy (Tim) Hunt, University College London, United Kingdom:
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Tim_Hunt_controversy_at_WCSJ (2015) -
Cases of CSIRO scientists and other employees, Australia:
see https://www.nature.com/news/australian-science-agency-may-face-more-questions-on-alleged-bullying-1.12252 (2013) -
Case of Prof. Una Dirks, University of Hildesheim, Germany:
see https://sites.google.com/view/unadirks/ [EN] (1999-2011) -
Case of senior physician, Ammerland Hospital Westerstede, Germany:
see http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0949-328X-00193 and Ärzteblatt-Forum [EN] (-2003) -
Case of chief senior physician, University Hospital Leizipg, Germany:
see http://www.focus.de/finanzen/karriere/arbeitsrecht/arbeit-arbeitnehmer-koennen-bei-mobbing-schmerzensgeld-verlangen_aid_897427.html [EN] -
Case of chief senior physician, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany:
see http://www.tagblatt.de/Nachrichten/Klinik-hat-kein-Vertrauen-in-die-Medizinerin-Sie-wirft-Arbeitgeber-Diskriminierung-und-Mobbing-vor-327963.html [EN] and https://www.tagblatt.de/Nachrichten/Oberaerztin-am-Tuebinger-Uniklinikum-wurde-gemobbt-358072.html [EN] (2017) -
Case of Dr. Nasr Hemdan, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Leipzig, Germany:
see http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-141495247.html [EN] and https://www.izi.fraunhofer.de/de/press/press-releases/stellungnahme-zur-spiegel-berichterstattung-liebe-gruesse-dein-ulrich.html [EN] (2009-2010) -
Cases of PhD students and postdocs, Max Planck Society and Universities, Germany:
see http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/max-planck-gesellschaft-doktoranden-werfen-direktorin-mobbing-vor-a-1221885.html [EN] and http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/she-s-world-s-top-empathy-researcher-colleagues-say-she-bullied-and-intimidated-them and http://www.thecut.com/2018/08/worlds-top-empathy-researcher-revealed-as-a-bully.html and http://www.buzzfeed.com/de/pascalemueller/mobbing-max-planck-leipzig [EN] (2018)
see http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/max-planck-gesellschaft-mit-anwaltskanzlei-gegen-mobbing-a-1217455.html [EN] and http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/max-planck-gesellschaft-vorwuerfe-gegen-professoren-a-1186360.html [EN] and http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05683-z and http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05668-y and http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05634-8 and http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/rituale-des-wegschauens-machtmissbrauch-in-max-planck-instituten-15715635.html and http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/max-planck-gesellschaft-neue-mobbing-vorwuerfe-15747710-p3.html and https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/belaestigung-mobbing-vorwuerfe-erschuettern-garchinger-vorzeige-institut-1.4049657 and http://www.buzzfeed.com/de/pascalemueller/star-wissenschaftlerin-max-planck-gesellschaft-mobbing [EN] and http://www.buzzfeed.com/de/pascalemueller/interne-umfrage-max-planck-mobbing-sexuelle-belaestigung [EN] and https://academialeaks.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/the-max-planck-society-knew-about-the-max-planck-institute-for-astrophysics-since-at-least-2013-they-did-nothing/ and https://academialeaks.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/bystanders-enable-academic-bullies-the-max-planck-society-as-a-study-case/ and http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sexuelle-belaestigung-wissenschaftler-am-max-planck.2850.de.html?drn:news_id=901382 [EN] and http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/belaestigung-am-arbeitsplatz-willkuer-angst-zerstoerte-traeume-15683036.html [EN] and http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/interview-mit-martin-stratmann-ich-denke-dass-wir-eine-saubere-verantwortungsstruktur-haben-15683043.html [EN] and http://wissenschaftalsbeute.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/ist-mobbing-teil-des-systems-max-planck/ [EN] (2018) as well as
see http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/deutschland-warum-unis-sexuelle-uebergriffe-und-mobbing-beguenstigen-a-1188769.html [EN] (2018) and http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/forschung-und-lehre/nachwuchssorgen-in-der-max-planck-gesellschaft-13220330.html [EN] (2016) and http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/gute-noten-gegen-sex-professor-darf-weiter-unterrichten-a-297942.html [EN] (2004) -
Case of Prof. Lennart Bengtsson, Max Planck Society, Germany:
see http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/klimaforscher-lennart-bengtsson-tritt-aus-skeptikerverein-gwpf-aus-a-969382.html [EN] (2014) -
Case of Prof. Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Copenhagen, Denmark:
see http://www.labtimes-archiv.de/epaper/LT_15_04/index.html#16 -
Case of Prof. Andris Rubins, University of Latvia, Latvia:
see http://www.labtimes-archiv.de/epaper/LT_15_03/index.html#8 -
Case of Prof. Dieter D. Genske, ETH Lausanne, Switzerland:
see http://www.zeit.de/2002/51/B-Karriere_Schnitt [EN] (2002) and Forschung & Lehre (2002) -
Case of Prof. S., University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland:
see http://www.medinside.ch/de/post/usz-streit-arbeitsrecht-professor-s-bger (2017) and Forschung & Lehre [EN] (2011) -
Case of Prof. Christian Sauter, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland:
see http://www.beobachter.ch/lehre-studium/universitat-zurich-intrigieren-geht-uber-studieren [EN] -
Case of Prof. Ellen Stubbe and more cases from Switzerland:
see http://www.nzz.ch/article8JBZY-1.441555 [EN] -
Cases of PhD students, ETH Zurich & Basel, Switzerland:
see http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/eth-zuerich-professorin-soll-doktoranden-gemobbt-haben-a-1174681.html [EN] and http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/sie-kommt-zurueck-weil-guzzella-es-so-will-eth-professorin-mobbte-jahrelang-doktoranten-id7492649.html [EN] and readers' comments [EN] and http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/eth-zuerich-ombudsmann-erhebt-vorwuerfe-a-1206034.html [EN] and http://nzzas.nzz.ch/schweiz/eklat-an-eth-professorin-mobbt-studenten-ld.1323367 [EN] and http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Neue-Mobbingfaelle-setzen-ETH-unter-Druck/story/25205573 [EN] and https://www.buzzfeed.com/de/pascalemueller/eth-zuerich-zehn-jahre-mobbing-durch-eine-professorin [EN] and https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/region/eth-stellt-professorin-nach-mobbingvorwuerfen-frei/story/22855570 [EN] and https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/eth-zuerich-jeder-vierte-doktorand-sieht-sich-als-opfer-von-machtmissbrauch-ld.1384481 [EN] and https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/zuerich/astronomie-professorin-mobbte-doktoranden-eth-zuerich-leitet-entlassungsverfahren-ein-id9050605.html [EN] and https://www.bzbasel.ch/limmattal/zuerich/doktoranden-gemobbt-eth-zuerich-will-professorin-entlassen-133655707 [EN] and https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/ETH-Zuerich-entlaesst-AstronomieProfessorin/story/15260211 [EN] and https://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/eth-zuerich-professorin-die-gemobbt-hat-soll-nicht-entlassen-werden-a-1262212.html [EN] and https://www.republik.ch/2019/03/19/das-versagen-der-eth [EN] and https://www.republik.ch/2019/03/20/macht-und-ohnmacht [EN] and https://www.republik.ch/2019/03/21/abgekartetes-spiel [EN] and https://www.republik.ch/2019/03/22/mit-einem-maennlichen-professor-waere-man-anders-umgesprungen [EN] and https://www.ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2019/04/untersuchungsbericht.html [EN] and https://www.ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2019/03/stellungnahme.html [EN] (2007-2019) -
Cases of students and employees, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria:
see http://derstandard.at/2000022750440/Sexuelle-Belaestigung-an-Wirtschaftsuni-Entlassung-waere-moeglich-gewesen [EN] and commentary [EN] (2015) -
Case of Prof. Adelheid End, Vienna General Hospital (AKH), Austria:
see http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2741227/ [EN] and YouTube video and http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/oesterreich-krankes-haus-1.2794109?reduced=true and http://www.faire-medizin.at -
Case of Prof. Christian Kermer and others, Vienna General Hospital (AKH), Austria:
see http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/426529 [EN] and YouTube video -
Case of Prof. Kornelia Hauser, University of Innsbruck, Austria:
see http://www.sn.at/politik/innenpolitik/professorin-klagt-universitaet-innsbruck-wegen-mobbings-2121613 [EN] and http://derstandard.at/2000022517753/Professorin-klagt-Universitaet-Innsbruck-wegen-Mobbings [EN] and https://diepresse.com/home/bildung/universitaet/4825795/Professorin-klagt-Uni-Innsbruck-wegen-Mobbings [EN] (2014) -
Cases of Prof. Heike Egner and others, University of Klagenfurt, Austria:
see https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/5423479/AlpenAdriaUniversitaet_Fristlose-Entlassung-sorgt-fuer-Aufregung [EN] and https://www.krone.at/1705228 [EN] (-2018) -
Cases of Prof. A., Prof. B., Prof. C., PhD student D., Prof. E., Prof. F., Prof. G., Prof. H. (some of which died after brutal mobbing) and more recent university cases in Graz, Austria:
see evidence about the chase of Prof. B. [EN] (2015) by a private detective agency hired by the university and find further press information here on the case of Prof. A. as well as read http://futter.kleinezeitung.at/2016/07/03/wirbel-an-grazer-hochschule-professor-fristlos-entlassen/ [EN] and http://www.der-grazer.at/epaper/der-grazer-272016-e349.html#page/10 with a commentary here (2014-2018) -
Cases of Prof. A. and Prof. Ingrid Klöting, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany:
upcoming details (2012-2014) and see http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Mehr/Meinung/Leserbriefe/Vorlaeufiges-Ende-eines-Rechtstreits-mit-der-Unimed [EN] (2011-2013)
Antimobbing Video Information:
Bystander Revolution Videos
Selected Antimobbing Videos
The Anatomy of an Academic Mobbing
The Mobbing Portal:
http://www.mobbingportal.com
http://www.mobbingportal.com/friedenberg-hh.html
http://www.mobbingportal.com/questionmobbingorbullying.html
Mobbing Information and books by Prof. Dr. Kenneth Westhues:
- Academic Mobbing Information: http://www.kwesthues.com/mobbing.htm
- Further Work and Books about Mobbing (as listed below):
http://www.kwesthues.com/mobbingbooks.html
- "The Unkindly Art of Mobbing":
http://www.kwesthues.com/unkindlyart.htm
- "Eliminating Professors - A Guide to the Dismissal Process":
http://www.kwesthues.com/elimprof.htm
- "Workplace Mobbing in Academe - Reports from Twenty Universities":
http://www.kwesthues.com/workplmob.htm
- "The Envy of Excellence - Administrative Mobbing of High-Achieving Professors":
http://www.kwesthues.com/envyexc.htm
- "The Remedy and Prevention of Mobbing in Higher Education - Two Case Studies":
http://www.kwesthues.com/dialogon.htm
- "Targets of Annoyed Capitalists":
http://www.kwesthues.com/criticscorp.htm
- "The Anatomy of an Academic Mobbing": http://www.kwesthues.com/frieden-hh.htm
- "Mobbing as a Factor in Faculty Work Life": http://www.kwesthues.com/AAUP09.htm
The Mobbing Encyclopaedia by Prof. Dr. Heinz Leymann:
http://www.leymann.se/
Workplace Bullying Institute:
http://www.workplacebullying.org/
http://www.workplacebullying.org/talk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5lvyopCAr4
Workplace Bullying and Mobbing:
Bullying at work: https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/23/view
Workplace Mobbing: http://www.mobbing.ca
Overcome Bullying: http://www.overcomebullying.org/
Tactics Against Bullying at work: http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/07bullying.html
Mobbees United: http://www.mobbeesunited.com/
Workplace and Suicide Prevention: https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/workplace-suicide-prevention/
Tim Field Foundation Information:
http://www.bullyonline.org/
http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/amibeing.htm
http://timfieldfoundation.org/
Bystander Revolution Organization Information:
http://www.bystanderrevolution.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_Revolution
Bullied Academics:
Bullying of academics in higher education: http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/
Institutional bullying: http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-is-corporateinstitutional-bullying.html
Death in academia and the mis-measurement of science: http://www.euroscientist.com/death-academia-mis-measurement-science/
Mobbing can damage more than careers: http://chronicle.com/article/Mobbing-Can-Damage-More/47736
Physical and psychological abuse in Canadian operating rooms: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s12630-016-0777-9
Facebook Group for Workplace Bullying in Higher Education: https://www.facebook.com/groups/295040946478/
Yahoo Group for Bullied Academics: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bullied_academics/info
Abuse Wiki:
http://abuse.wikia.com/wiki/Abuse_Wiki
http://abuse.wikia.com/wiki/Kenneth_Westhues
Critical Mass:
http://www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2008/10/how_it_really_w.html
http://www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2009/05/anatomy_of_an_a.html
Minding the Workplace:
https://newworkplace.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/workplace-bullying-and-mobbing-in-academe-the-hell-of-heaven/
https://newworkplace.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/tenure-decisions-and-bullying-in-academe/
International Whistleblowing Research Network:
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/lewis-david
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/our-research/research-groups/whistleblowing-research-unit
The (failed)
European Charter for Researchers & The Code of
Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
[PDF]
(DE: Europäische Charta für Forscher/Charta der Wissenschaft & Verhaltenskodex für die Einstellung von Forschern [PDF]):
EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Charter_for_Researchers
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europ%C3%A4ische_Charta_f%C3%BCr_Forscher
EN:
(Former) Declarations of Endorsement of Charter & Code
DE: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/medizin-ernaehrung/charta-der-wissenschaft-grundgesetze-fuer-die-forscher-1207120.html
DE:
https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article557336/Verhaltenskodex-fuer-europaeische-Forscher.html