Overview

• In a preliminary assessment of 113 pages, plagiarism expert Jochen Zenthöfer identified 86 passages lacking proper attribution.
• Stefan Weber’s rapid analysis reached similar conclusions and noted the thesis could have been flagged by plagiarism software as early as 2008.
• Volunteers on VroniPlag Wiki documented numerous additional uncredited text fragments in the first section of the 368-page work.
• The University of Potsdam confirmed receipt of the formal suspicion notice and will undertake a full evaluation of the dissertation.
• Saskia Ludwig published the FAZ inquiry on X, linked her thesis and invited the public to review the original document.