On Monday, the Coimbra Public Prosecutor’s Office told the Lusa news agency that it has so far not received any complaints against two researchers from the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, who in the meantime have been suspended from all their positions. .
“We have not received any complaints regarding the two targets: Dr. Boaventura Souza Santos and Bruno Sena Martins. About complaints against other CES researchers, without specific names, we cannot find out anything, ”he said.
Lusa was told by the same source that the ministry would not initiate any investigation into the matter, as “everything indicates that these are semi-public crimes.”
“Firstly, without complaints from the relevant holders, we will not formally initiate any investigation,” he explained.
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.
The authors of the chapter, Belgian Liselotte Wiene, Portuguese Catarina Laranjeiro, and North American Miye Nadia Thom, worked at CES as a postdoctoral fellow (with a Marie Curie fellowship) and graduate student, respectively.
Boaventura researchers Sousa Santos and Bruno Sena Martins were ultimately suspended from all positions they held at CES pending approval of the findings of an independent panel the institution is setting up to investigate the allegations against them.
After the news about the head broke, two investigators denied all charges.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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