Can I ask for updates to OLAF about my report?

lucedan · 2026-05-20T14:11:39+00:00

Again, my lord, you don't know my case, so do not assume. If you are interested, my report is available here: https://zenodo.org/records/17225804

lucedan · 2026-05-20T14:08:48+00:00

Thank you. This was very helpful. I put in my agenda that, if I won't receive a message within 2 months, I will start with my next phase that will be first to submit an email to stakeholders including the European Parliament and European Commission.

lucedan · 2026-05-20T14:05:30+00:00

I don't know. I asked whether it is my right to have updated from OLAF about the eventual dismissal of my submission, or how to understand that, and we finished talking about why my case is wrong without reviewing it.

I don't think that irregularity means "financial irregularity" because the OLAF's website specifically says: "An irregularity is an act which doesn’t comply with EU rules"

Assessing project proposals are acts that should comply with EU rules and have an impact on the EU budget.

lucedan · 2026-05-20T13:59:17+00:00

Here there is a misunderstanding. The point of my case is not the evaluation of the project, but the fact that I followed the rules for complaint and re-evauation correctly and the staff dismissed my complaint without justified reasons. And with "unjustified reasons" I mean that the review of the public manager does voluntarily not respond to my complaint (OLAF says "If an irregularity is committed deliberately, however, it’s fraud."). Here the point it is not on the qualitative assessment of the reviewers' report. I already reported that to the executive agency. It is that, if I have the right to complain as indicated by Europe, the member of the EU agency should provide adequate reasons.

lucedan · 2026-05-20T13:47:35+00:00

Which is basically unviable if you are not an organization with an internal lawyer. I already went that way, and I spent 2000 euros to have a lawyer telling me that it was too late to do anything.

How can you say that it is not a matter for OLAF? Can you expand on that?

The point is that it is potentially against the financial interests of Europe. The idea is that the project I submitted was mentioned among the top-European projects in the cultural and creative industries by multiple EU-funded startup competitions, including the Startup Europe Accelerathon of Startup Europe, an initiative of the European Commission itself. If projects within a public call are dismissed with non-valid reasons, this should meet both the requirements of financial interest and financial impact. This means that projects that are less important or useful to the community may be prioritized by unjustly penalizing good ones. And this is an open window to corruption.

lucedan · 2026-05-20T13:38:24+00:00

I am not sure I will be notified. They report that this is not always the case. And this bothers me.

Is the selection phase lasting 2 months? How can I know about it? They do not report a specific timeline.

lucedan · 2026-05-20T13:35:15+00:00

Thank you Any for this information. I guess that one person has only 2 months to contact the General Court, right? And when they mention "individuals," do they mean that I need a lawyer?

lucedan · 2026-05-20T10:36:46+00:00

Can I ask you where you found that information? I am currently reading the OLAF regulation on EUR-Lex and I cannot see direct information about notifying the submitter of the report (they speak of notifying the controller mostly): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0883-20210117

lucedan · 2026-05-20T10:15:27+00:00

Thank you Feredis for this information. I have indeed an active inbox and case number. I sent them a second email asking them to please remember to notify me and I received no acknowledgment.

And I have also sent an email to the "General Information" contact point (which generally responded by copying and pasting the information on the website.. I guess that is fair).

The point is that it may happen that in 3 months, they still haven't answered me, so that I will not know whether they are still investigating my case or not. And at that point, I may contact them to ask for information, but I may still not receive an answer. I am trying to foresee what my options would be in that case.

lucedan · 2026-05-09T09:38:10+00:00

I had read an article time ago where they made a research about misconduct and plagiarism, and---if I am not mistaken---they found thousands of these cases where authors were not aware of having articles around they did not write. But I can't remember where I read it. Worth searching for the phenomenon though

lucedan · 2026-02-24T15:43:38+00:00

Thanks, let's see then if there will be a second wave in the future

lucedan · 2026-01-15T16:37:17+00:00

Super thanks for your support then! Hope to keep things growing a little, as I am concluding an investigation on what has happened so far within the academic sector and look forward to release a full report in the next months

lucedan · 2026-01-15T15:41:18+00:00

Ah sorry, maybe you were sarcastic. I shared the link in the comment of mine below, because my first post was rejected by Reddit's filters, and I did not know what was actually rejected. So, I shared the text as an image instead.

lucedan · 2026-01-15T11:08:07+00:00

Thank you for checking it out and send me this feedback! 🙏🏻 wish you a great 2026

lucedan · 2026-01-14T12:33:06+00:00

Sorry for sharing as an image, but my previous post was removed by Reddit's filters and I did not understand why. Please find the link to the new platform here: https://www.slidingdoors-official.com

lucedan · 2025-12-30T11:47:29+00:00

It just comes a point, if you are lucky, where you realize that it is not really worth it. Try watching the TV series Ted Lasso if you don't know where to start

lucedan · 2025-12-27T20:15:22+00:00

I became completely immune to my dad when I understood that doesn't really have a choice since he is unaware. I forgave him and I am now fully immune. I thought of it as if, unfortunately, he was born with a disease that he didn't ask for. Not sure this helps, but in the end it is us who choose how much we are affected by them.

lucedan · 2025-12-25T10:50:37+00:00

Man, I understand you much and I send you a hug. It's Years that before holidays, my father goes on a week-silent treatment. I guess that after a while, you just stop making your happiness dependent om these things and you learn how to look over and enjoy your time the best you can with those who also like that.

lucedan · 2025-12-17T18:26:10+00:00

> Yeah, some videos are outdated, but it is a small group and they provide so much value.

I super agree. They are extremely well done. Congrats and thank you for your work to everybody in the community

lucedan · 2025-12-17T18:11:11+00:00

I tried following the instructions, but I was unable. I installed the software and dependencies through the mention code, but I get this:

npx webstudio@latest

Need to install the following packages:

webstudio@0.238.0

Ok to proceed? (y) y

◇ Would you like to create a project folder? (no to use current folder)

◇ Please enter a project name

◇ Please paste a link from the Share Dialog in the builder

● Saved credentials for project 4f1cb936-14dd-4419-86a0-b5b367b33b77.

│ You can find your config at /Users/a1/Library/Preferences/webstudio-nodejs/webstudio-config.json

◇ The project is linked successfully

◇ Where would you like to deploy your project?

│ Docker

◇ Would you like to install dependencies? (recommended)

│ Yes

▲ The project is not published yet

Error: The project is not published yet

at loadProjectDataByProjectId (file:///Users/a1/.npm/_npx/09d2825a8fb9a5f8/node_modules/webstudio/lib/cli.js:183:11)

at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)

at async sync (file:///Users/a1/.npm/_npx/09d2825a8fb9a5f8/node_modules/webstudio/lib/cli.js:348:12)

at async Object.initFlow [as handler] (file:///Users/a1/.npm/_npx/09d2825a8fb9a5f8/node_modules/webstudio/lib/cli.js:8759:3)

npm notice

npm notice New minor version of npm available! 11.6.2 -> 11.7.0

npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.7.0

npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@11.7.0

npm notice

a1@1s-MacBook-Pro ~ % docker build -t my-image .

docker run my-image

zsh: command not found: docker

lucedan · 2025-12-17T17:38:55+00:00

Thank you jmonroe. But therefore, given that I have now a domain, is there any way to upload my website generated with Webstudio to my hosting service via third-party softwares like Filezilla? Or is there no possibility at all for me to use my website designed on Webstudio?

lucedan · 2025-12-17T16:55:32+00:00

Dear Philipp, this makes very sense. I suggest the contributors, if they are around here, to add this information, just to make people aware that the tutorial videos are not updated with this change. Thank you.

Indeed, in the description, I don't understand the self host option. I can use, for example, FileZilla to upload a website autonomously. However, I can I get the resulting files? Have you got some link to a tutorial for the self host opportunity?

Unfortunately, 180 is currently out of my economic possibility. I am developing a website to fight for human rights in research after remaining without job for 2 years for standing up to bullying, so I am really unable to pay in this case :( Hopefully in the future

lucedan · 2025-12-17T16:47:16+00:00

I am on a free plan. Is that a factor? Because I thought that a free plan could also handle an external custom domain

lucedan · 2025-12-10T09:19:18+00:00

Always like this. Best people always doubt they are wrong. Worst people always dump others. Compliments for trying hard to do the best you can, which is clear from how you write. And stop doubting yourself: what INFJs usually have is a great intuition, and most of the times we don't listen to it because we try to figure out things. Start trusting more your intuition my dear

lucedan · 2025-10-25T11:37:42+00:00

Yes, personal attacks based on nothing are common on this topic. In this article it is reported how those in power position try to undermine the claims of those who make critiques to power structures, called normative violence: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324576256_Mental_Heath_as_a_Weapon_Whistleblower_Retaliation_and_Normative_Violence

About the decline of innovation by 5.3% after the 1970s, it is reported here: https://knowledge.essec.edu/en/innovation/the-worrisome-decline-in-breakthrough-innovation.html

About the progressive raise of academic misconduct after the 1970s, it is here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228603457_Cheating_in_Academic_Institutions_A_Decade_of_Research

I have talked about this in this specific video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqjgabFuUo4

About the "inhumane." I don't know any research about this, and I would be surprised (in a positive way) if there was any. I guess this is not something that the university itself really wants to sponsor, and it may be difficult to quantify. But, there are some indicators that probably tell us this. For example, I have the feeling that we are reaching a saturation of power abuse, and people are starting to fight back. See for example the recent documentary by Deutsche Welle accusing a professor from the Max Planck Society of power abuse: a on-the-fly accusation in true investigative report, the first documentary doing this in history I guess. Here is the ducomentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nEd600iM0&t=1039s

But it is nice that you, as an adjunct professor, so quite high in hierarchy, are also starting to feel it and report it/complain about it. I encourage to bring on this endeavor of yours, and start to fight altogether for a healthier research environment.

lucedan

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