Robert Habeck Refutes Plagiarism Allegations in Doctoral Thesis

The University of Hamburg and an external expert find no scientific misconduct in the Green Party candidate's dissertation following scrutiny by a controversial plagiarism investigator.

Grünen-Kanzlerkandidat Robert Habeck preemptively addressed plagiarism allegations regarding his 2001 doctoral dissertation, citing prior verification of his work by the University of Hamburg.
The university concluded that Habeck's dissertation does not constitute scientific misconduct, though it recommended updates to citations to align with modern standards.
Plagiarism investigator Stefan Weber claims to have identified 128 problematic instances in the dissertation, including alleged misrepresentation of source material and citation errors.
Habeck and external academic Gerald Haug, President of the Leopoldina Academy, dismissed the allegations as politically motivated, emphasizing the originality of the research.
Habeck criticized the timing of the allegations, occurring just two weeks before the Bundestagswahl, and called for his family to be excluded from the political debate.