Ulrike Guérot has often been seen on talk shows in recent years, and many have rubbed their opinions on Corona and, most recently, on Russia. She wants to take action once morest the dismissal.
The controversial political scientist Ulrike Guérot claims to have been dismissed from the University of Bonn because of allegations of plagiarism. “The @unibonn fired me for plagiarism in a non-academic book from 2016 effective March 31,” she tweeted on Friday. “I will take legal action once morest this and am therefore not available for inquiries. I would be the first person to be fired in Germany for “plagiarism”: it will be exciting ;-)”.
The University of Bonn confirmed “labor law steps” once morest Guérot. Last year, public allegations were made once morest the political scientist that she had appropriated someone else’s intellectual property during her service at the University of Bonn without identifying it as such. The competent bodies have examined the facts and see them as proven. “The responsible committees did not accept the objection raised by Prof. Dr. Guérot, among others, that the relevant publications were not scientific publications.” The Rectorate then initiated the necessary labor law steps.
According to information from the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, the allegations relate to your 2016 book “Why Europe Should Become a Republic”. You are accused of not consistently correctly reporting the inclusion of quotes from other authors. Guérot apologized and spoke of careless mistakes under time pressure.
A feisty woman
Especially during the corona pandemic, the political scientist might be seen in many talk shows, in Austria mainly on Servus TV, but also on ORF. She had emerged as a sharp critic of government measures to prevent the spread of the virus, which she saw as a threat to democracy.
On the one hand, she asked interesting questions: regarding the goal of the measures, regarding the loss of freedom, regarding “illegitimate” criticism. On the other hand, she often embellished her discussion points with provocative half-truths.
Her book “Who is silent, agrees” became a bestseller. After the start of the Russian war of aggression once morest Ukraine, she repeatedly called for immediate peace negotiations. Critics accused her of partially reversing the relationship between attacker and attacked and untruthfully portraying Ukraine as the culprit. Most recently, Guérot was one of the first to sign the “Manifesto for Peace” written by Alice Schwarzer and Sahra Wagenknecht, which also calls for an end to arms deliveries and negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(APA/dpa/red.)
