Former German minister for family affairs Franziska Giffey has now been formally stripped of her doctoral title, having resigned from office in May. Her thesis was found to contain nearly 70 passages “clearly violating good academic practice”.
Giffey was informed by the president of the Free University of Berlin, Günter Ziegler, that she was now required to hand back her PhD certificate within a month after notification of the withdrawal of her degree, which, the university states, had been acquired through “deceit regarding independent academic achievement”.
My footnote to this article:
Has 'deceit' now replaced 'plagiarism' in Germany? Globally?
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