{"id":155510,"date":"2023-05-23T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=155510"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:48","slug":"professor-penalised-for-fictional-saudi-arabia-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/05\/23\/professor-penalised-for-fictional-saudi-arabia-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor penalised for fictional Saudi Arabia affiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wageningen University has stripped professor Vincenzo Fogliano of his chair for two years. The man acquired research money by linking himself to a Saudi university on paper.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Wageningen University's Forum building.<\/span><\/p>

\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVan Gooien<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

\u201cI am shocked and very disappointed,\u201d rector magnificus Arthur Mol said on the university\u2019s website. According to the rector, the professor acted incorrectly and damaged the integrity of Wageningen science.<\/p>\n

Fogliano works full-time at Wageningen, but adapted his \u2018first affiliation\u2019. That is, the much-quoted scientist pretended that King Saud University was his primary employer so that the Saudi university would score higher in international rankings.<\/p>\n

For that, his department received 146,000 euros. With this, a PhD student in food science was paid, reports the university. There was no evidence of personal gain.<\/p>\n

Warned in 2018<\/h2>

Fogliano was reportedly warned about such transactions back in 2018. He has now been reprimanded, with the threat of dismissal in case of a next misstep. Furthermore, he has been stripped of his \u2018chairmanship\u2019 for two years, although he will still remain a professor.<\/p>\n

According to Wageningen University\u2019s internal investigation, at least six much-cited Wageningen scientists have been approached by Saudi universities. Only professor Fogliano took up that offer.<\/p>\n\n\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t

De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t