The university also stated in a statement that the current rector Tom Gongol under the Ethics Commission of the University of Silesia in Opav for an examination of media-related publications and conference activities of Tulej and associate professor Michal Tvrdon.
Clem examined by the Ethics Committee is to determine with certainty whether the publication and conference activities of the two associate professors are, or are not, in accordance with the university legislation and the internal regulations of the University of Silesia, including the ethical regulations. Based on the findings, the rector draws relevant conclusions. In the light of these findings, it will therefore be decided whether or not to accept the forced resignation of Pavel Tuleja from the position of vice-rector, the university said in a statement.
At the same time, she pointed out that the current media questioning the scientific texts of Tulej and Tvrdon meant to go ahead of it, not that scientists could say that some scientific associations and conferences will be considered as so-called pre-torsk in the future.
In the Czech environment, the issue of pre-Torian journals began to be intensively discussed in the middle of 2015 and 2016… Gradually, from the beginning of 2016, the Czech universities began to respond to the issue of pre-Torian journals and began to issue recommendations and internal regulations on how to proceed when publishing, see the overview .
The university claims that both Tuleja and Tvrdo have not published in the questioned journals or participated in pre-Torian conferences since January 2015, when the phenomenon of pre-Torian journals and conferences began to be discussed outside the Czech scientific community.
Ministerial candidate TOP 09 Tuleja faced criticism for publishing his scientific work in so-called pre-Torski journals, while representatives of the academic community also pointed out the poor quality of his professional works in the field of economics. Pre-Torian associations publish articles regardless of their quality, the academic environment is flooded with texts that do not meet the basic requirements of professional materials.
After the criticism, Tuleja decided to withdraw his nomination for the post of minister. He stated that one day I must not be in doubt. In the last few days, several failures have come to light, which I was not aware of, but which I do not want and cannot relativize. The political culture in the country is extremely important to me, and I consider it a matter of course to derive political responsibility from it. day, the minister must not be plagued by doubts about his ability to carry out his duties, Tuleja said at the time. TOP 09 pot for the vacant post was proposed by the chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Marko enka.
