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Although Federal Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey decided not to use her Ph.D. after discussions of her dissertation, the Free University of Berlin is reviewing the controversial scientific work. As the university announced, it must now be examined whether the correct decision was made after the conclusion of the first test procedure. For this, the doctoral commission responsible for the department of political and social sciences will once again constitute a commission, explained the university. The procedure should be completed by the end of February if possible.
In the fall of 2019, the university decided not to withdraw the Ph.D., but issued a reprimand to Giffey. After several critical reports about its approach, the university announced in early November that it would make a new decision on the plagiarism allegations.
The family minister said Friday that she would refrain from using her doctorate. Giffey had ruled out further consequences. He wants to maintain his candidacy for the state presidency of the Berlin SPD at the end of November. She is also expected to be the leading candidate for the House of Representatives elections in the fall of 2021.
After the SPD minister gave up her doctorate, the CDU leadership insisted on continuing the testing procedure. “In the Giffey case, a final review and evaluation is essential in the interests of the integrity of our scientific system,” the president of the Federal Committee for Education, Research and Innovation of the CDU, Karin Prien, told the news agency on Saturday. German.
