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Harvard revokes tenure of Francesca Gino after probe finds data manipulation

It marks Harvard’s first tenure revocation since the 1940s following an internal investigation that concluded she falsified data in multiple studies.

An academic building is seen on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States on May 24, 2025.
Harvard University campus on May 24, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass.
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Overview

  • An 18-month inquiry launched in 2023 after Data Colada flagged anomalies in four of her studies found she intentionally manipulated data in research on dishonesty.
  • Gino was placed on unpaid administrative leave in June 2023 and subsequently stripped of her teaching duties and titled professorship.
  • The Italy-born professor authored over 140 scholarly works and books on organizational behavior and ethics and earned more than $1 million per year as one of Harvard’s highest-paid faculty members.
  • She denies all wrongdoing and filed a $25 million lawsuit accusing Harvard, HBS Dean Srikant Datar and Data Colada bloggers of defamation, gender discrimination and breach of contract, with a federal judge dismissing her defamation claims but allowing her contract claim to proceed.
  • Following the investigation, journals including Psychological Science retracted two of her articles and are preparing to withdraw additional papers as plagiarism and data-integrity issues surfaced.