Universities|Good scientific practice has not been violated in the pre-checking and supervision of film director Lauri Törhönen’s dissertation, the rector of the University of Lapland says.
Film director Lauri Törhönen the good scientific practice (HTK) investigation related to the dissertation work has been completed, the University of Lapland informs.
According to the principal’s decision based on the investigation team’s report professors emeritus Kaarina Määtä and a professor Mauri Ylä-Kotolan the operation did not differ substantially from the requirements set for the operation of instructors.
Neither do preliminary inspectors by Göte Nyman this Ilkka Huovion the operation did not differ substantially from the requirements set for the operation of preliminary inspectors. They have not been prevented from acting as pre-examiners of Törhönen’s dissertation, the release states.
Törhösen therefore, according to the rector’s decision, good scientific practice has not been violated in the pre-examination and supervision of the dissertation.
The matter began to be investigated, as two notices of suspected infringement had been filed in November of last year regarding Törhönen’s dissertation process.
In the announcements, doubts were expressed about the negligence of the author of the dissertation, supervisors and preliminary examiners, as well as the obstruction of the preliminary examiners, the release states.
Törhösen dissertation Film director in Finland. Now. Finnish film director’s work processes; ethics, morality, technology and social relations was rejected at the University of Lapland last December.
The faculty council of the Faculty of Arts ruled that the work did not meet the criteria set for a dissertation.
The dissertation, for example, did not have a structured table of contents, nor did it follow the citation practice characteristic of an academic text.
“The work is quite original, artistic-scientific and based on industry practices, which is characterized by the author’s own, professional, substantive and historical approach”, pre-inspector Nyman described dissertation for HS in November.