Dutch academics targeted by Saudi university to boost its reputation
Dutch NewsAcademics in the Netherlands are also being approached with lucrative offers by a Saudi university with the aim of helping it rise up international rankings, the Volkskrant reported on Saturday. Now Wageningen University has launched an investigation into the claims after it emerged two Dutch researchers have gone along with the offer made by the King Saud University, the VK said. Some of Van Groenigen’s colleagues were also approached by KSU and made similar offers but refused, the Volkskrant said. One, food technologist Vincenzo Fogliano, told the VK he had named KSU as his primary employer on a ‘highly cited researchers list’ from 2018 to 2020, following a deal with the Saudis, and had carried out research with the university. Former Utrecht professor Teun Boekhout also said he had accepted the Saudi offer and had received ‘significant money’.
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