> Donovan co-wrote a widely-read study that discovered that a significant number of participants in the January 6 attack on the Capitol were driven by their support for President Trump. [1]
It's outrageous that Harvard won't fund such an insightful, groundbreaking researcher.
Hopefully, another university will step up and help us discover if there is any possible link between Zuck and Meta.
> It's outrageous that Harvard won't fund such an insightful, groundbreaking researcher.
TFA flatly tells that she brought in her own funding from outside grants. Like the vasy majority of academic researchers do. She claims that Harvard is keeping this money even though it was dedicated to her research agenda.
> Though Donovan’s contract was supposed to keep her on the job through the end of 2024, her superiors took away her ability to start new projects, raise money or organize large events, she alleges. They kept the money she had brought in, including more than $1 million from Craigslist founder Craig Newmark that he wanted specifically to go to her research project, according to documents quoted in the declaration. Newmark declined to comment.
It's right there in the article.
People have wrong ideas as to what kinds of funds and resources academic researchers actually have access to from their employing institution.
It's outrageous that Harvard won't fund such an insightful, groundbreaking researcher.
Hopefully, another university will step up and help us discover if there is any possible link between Zuck and Meta.