Cofnas Suspended by Ghent University

Nathan Cofnas has been suspended from his postdoctoral philosophy position at Ghent University. In a July 21st post on his newsletter, Cofnas accused Jason Arday, professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, of plagiarism and fraudulent scholarship, and accused the university of covering this up. Am international media blitz followed, with hundreds of articles reporting on Cofnas’s accusations and investigating Arday’s work and his autobiographical claims. Eventually, on August 5th, Cambridge announced it had decided to investigate Arday. Arday resigned shortly thereafter. The worldwide pile-on continued. On August 14th, Arday was found dead, presumably by suicide. This past Thursday, Cofnas stated on X.com that he had been suspended from Ghent University and is being investigated. Many had objected to his being hired there in the first place. Most of the text of the suspension letter can be found here. Among the main reasons for the suspension, according to the…