{"id":5396,"date":"2023-10-19T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5396"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:43:18","slug":"25-oct-dem-lunch-seminar-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-accused-scientists-and-their-research","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-en\/news\/25-oct-dem-lunch-seminar-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-accused-scientists-and-their-research\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Oct &#8211; DEM Lunch Seminar with Prof. Rainer Widmann, Max Plank Institute, Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p><strong>Allegations of Sexual Misconduct, Accused Scientists,&nbsp;and their Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaker:&nbsp;<\/strong>Rainer Widmann, Max Plank Institute, Munich, De<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DATE:<\/strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, 25 October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TIME:<\/strong>\u00a013.00 \u2013 14.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANGUAGE:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Location:<\/u><\/strong><br>Campus Kirchberg<br>6, Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi<br>L-1359 Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration:<\/strong><br>&#8211; Free seminar<br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.fr\/e\/lunch-seminar-rainer-widmann-max-plank-institute-munich-de-registration-735277072517?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:dem@uni.lu\">dem@uni.lu<\/a> <br>Tel: +352 46 66 44 6283<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joint work with Marina Chugunova and Michael Rose<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Abstract:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We study academic consequences of non-academic misconduct for accused researchers at US universities. Focusing on allegations of sexual misconduct, we find detrimental effects on scientific impact, productivity and career. Other researchers are less likely to cite the perpetrator\u2019s prior work after allegations surface. The effect is absent in male-dominated fields and weakens with distance in the co-authorship network, indicating that researchers learn about allegations via their peers. Although we find that alleged perpetrators tend to remain active researchers, they are less likely to be affiliated with a university and publish fewer articles following the incident.<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>About Rainer Widmann:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rainer Widmann <\/em><\/strong><em>is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. His research focuses on innovation policy in the European context, the economics of science, and the organization of innovation. In the past, he has examined the relationship between labor market access and knowledge diffusion, the elasticity of inventors&#8217; location choices to local top income tax rates, and the impact of research grants on firm innovation. He has also studied how coders respond to competitive pressures in online coding contests, and the consequences of the sudden death of a faculty member on the careers of postdocs and graduate students. 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