Overview

• The UB placed emeritus professor Ramón Flecha on provisional suspension following formal accusations of decades-long sexual coercion and abuse of power by 14 former students and researchers.
• A three-member commission, including at least two women trained in gender violence and institutional harassment, has been appointed to conduct the internal investigation.
• The university removed CREA’s “ub.edu” domain and canceled its scheduled European Conference on Domestic Violence to formalize its break with the research group.
• The UB Faculty Board signed a letter calling for an external inquiry and the removal of all CREA-affiliated individuals from positions of authority.
• Flecha has denied the allegations as false fabrications, and the Catalan government has upheld suspensions of related recognitions, including revoking Marta Soler’s Serra Húnter award.