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"The University of Cambridge has begun an investigation following new information about Professor Arday’s academic qualifications and honorary appointments." "[A] number of ongoing complaints regarding academic misconduct...are being handled in line with our Misconduct in Research policy."

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5 Aug

Last month: A spokesperson for Cambridge told Retraction Watch that Arday was a “victim of a vile campaign to undermine his credibility” and that he had been cleared of “allegations of plagiarism regarding his thesis and journal publications.”

retractionwatch.comExclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firmJason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thes…