Ulrike Guérot has been seen frequently on talk shows in recent years, and many have voiced their opinions on Corona and, more recently, Russia. She wants to file a lawsuit against the dismissal.
Controversial political scientist Ulrike Guérot claims to have been fired from the University of Bonn over accusations of plagiarism. “@unibonn fired me for plagiarism on a 2016 non-academic book effective March 31st,” she tweeted on Friday. “I will take legal action against this and therefore I am not available for investigations. I would be the first person to be fired in Germany for “plagiarism”: it will be exciting ;-)”.
The University of Bonn confirmed “labour measures” against Guérot. Last year, public allegations were made against the political scientist that she had appropriated someone else’s intellectual property during her service at the University of Bonn without identifying her as such. The competent bodies have investigated the facts and consider them proven. “The responsible committees did not accept the objection raised by Prof. Dr. Guérot, among others, that the relevant publications were not scientific publications.” The Rectory then began the necessary labor diligences.
According to information from the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, the accusations concern his 2016 book “Why Europe should become a republic”. You are accused of not consistently correctly reporting the inclusion of quotes from other authors. Guérot apologized and spoke of careless mistakes under time pressure.
A moody woman
Especially during the corona pandemic, the political scientist could be seen on many talk shows, in Austria mainly on Servus TV, but also on ORF. She emerged as a scathing critic of the government’s measures to stop the spread of the virus, which she saw as a threat to democracy.
On the one hand, she asked interesting questions: about the purpose of the measures, about the loss of freedom, about “illegitimate” criticism. On the other hand, she often embellished her talking points with provocative half-truths.
His book “Who is silent, agrees” became a bestseller. After the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, she repeatedly called for immediate peace talks. Critics accused her of partially inverting the relationship between attacker and attacked and of portraying Ukraine as the culprit. More recently, Guérot was one of the first to sign the “Manifesto for Peace”, written by Alice Schwarzer and Sahra Wagenknecht, which also calls for an end to arms deliveries and negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(APA/dpa/red.)