Who signed competing open letters about Ghent University’s suspension of Nathan Cofnas—and what do their institutions, locations and academic profiles reveal?
Support Ghent’s action
Oppose the suspension
00 · THE LETTERS
Read the source texts, then explore who signed each one.
Supporters
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“We want to support Ghent’s decision to start an investigation, resist the framing of this investigation as a punishment for ‘whistleblowing’…”
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Opponents
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“We urge Ghent University to protect Dr Cofnas from being punished for exercising his academic freedom.”
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01 · GEOGRAPHY
Country is based on inferred affiliation location; records without a country are excluded here.
Supporters
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Share of signatories
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Share of signatories
02 · AFFILIATIONS
Comparing institutional concentration and breadth across the two letters.
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Opponents
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University names were standardised using the University Domains and Names Data List. Automated matching and manual normalisation may contain errors.
03 · ACADEMIC FIELDS
Broad field families, followed by comparable shares across the most common inferred disciplines.
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04 · INFERRED GENDER
Pie area shows the share of signatories in each inferred gender category.
Supporters
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Opponents
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Gender categories were inferred from first names using gender-guesser. This inference may be incomplete or incorrect and does not establish a person’s gender identity.
05 · ACADEMIC RANKS
Grouped career stages first, followed by detailed ranks ordered from senior to earlier-career roles.
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