Boaventura researchers Souza Santos and Bruno Sena Martins have been suspended from all positions they held at the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, the institution announced this Friday.
CES said in a press release sent to the agency that Boaventura Sousa Santos and Bruno Sena Martins were “suspended from all positions they have held” at the institution pending the findings of an independent panel the institution is setting up. to test the allegations against both researchers and professors.
Three CES researchers denounced situations of harassment and sexual abuse by these two members of the research center in a chapter of a book titled “Sexual Misconduct in Academia – The Ethics of Caring in the University” published by an international publisher. Routledge.
“CES respects the right to individual response, but distances itself from all the positions that Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Bruno Sena Martins have publicly taken, namely regarding the intention to sue the authors of the book chapter,” the institution added in the same memo sent to Luce.
After the news about the head broke, two investigators denied all charges.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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