The Center for Social Studies (CES) of the Portuguese University of Coimbra in Portugal announced this Friday the suspension of all positions two teachers accused of sexual harassment by several investigators until the investigation process is complete.

The CES reminded that they are going to create an independent commission to investigate the facts collected in the chapter of the book. “Inappropriate Sexual Behavior at the Academy”, published two weeks ago in English by the British publishing house Routledge.

“During this process and until conclusions are drawn” – two teachers they will be suspended.

Designated teachers Boaventura de Souza Santos, world-renowned sociologist and director emeritus of CES, and anthropologist Bruno Sena Martins, They deny the allegations.

In addition, the educational center distanced itself from the intention already voiced by Sousa Santos de achieve justice for the authors of the chapter.

Facts have been refuted A Belgian explorer, another Portuguese and another American.in a text in which they didn’t name names, but which allowed us to deduce that they originated at CES.

The twelfth chapter of “Unacceptable Sexual Behavior in Academia” describes how decolonization intellectuals could benefit from “institutional cover-up defend “star teachers” and that encourage abuse of power in relation to young female researchers who depend on the academic approval of these people in build your career.

The authors explain that unequal power relations favored Sousa Santos for young women just starting their academic careers to have sexual relations with him, as did they will not always agree.

In addition, according to the article, a sociologist often took the ideas of subordinates as his own and only occasionally did I put their names in the Acknowledgments section or in the little headers and footers.

Sousa Santos’ accusations of plagiarism are not new. Earlier, the Mexican philosopher Sayak Valencia accused the Portuguese scientist of plagiarism of the concept of “Mountains of Capitalism”.

Finally, the authors of the article entitled “Walls spoke when no one else” tells that one of the first complaints public against Sousa Santos was carried out as part of the #MeToo movement through graffiti, which said: “All [las mujeres] we know”.

The exposed facts match situations that occurred between 2011 and 2019.