前剑桥大学教授杰森·阿代伊死因研讯开启

伦敦内南验尸官法庭已就前剑桥大学教授杰森·阿代伊的突然死亡开启死因研讯 1。41岁的阿代伊于8月13日在伦敦南部的一处地址被发现死亡 1。高级验尸官朱利安·莫里斯博士表示：“各种报告让我有理由怀疑阿代伊教授在12天前死于非自然原因。” 1 警方将其死亡视为“出乎意料”但不可疑 1。

在去世前，阿代伊面临抄袭指控与媒体审查，并已于8月5日辞去教育社会学教授一职 1。上个月，内森·科夫纳斯公开对其学术资历提出质疑 1。随后有报纸声称，阿代伊2015年的博士论文中有超过100处段落与一篇早期论文“相同或几乎相同” 1。

阿代伊曾声称自己为慈善事业筹集了550万英镑（750万美元） 1。在他离世后，一项纪念他的筹款活动已从7900名捐赠者处筹集了近22.5万英镑（30.5万美元） 1。此外，他的回忆录《伟大与不幸的事物》将由西蒙与舒斯特出版社在英国出版 1。

An inquest was opened on August 21 by the London Inner South Coroner’s Court into the death of Jason Arday, a 41-year-old former professor of sociology of education at Cambridge University 1. Arday was found dead at an address in south London on August 13, shortly after resigning from his post on August 5 amid plagiarism allegations and media scrutiny 1. Police treated the death as unexpected but not suspicious 1. Opening the investigation, senior coroner Dr. Julian Morris stated, "The various reports have given me reason to suspect that Professor Arday died an unnatural death 12 days ago" 1.

The controversy surrounding Arday escalated last month when Nathan Cofnas publicly raised questions about his qualifications 1. Subsequently, newspapers alleged that more than 100 passages from Arday’s 2015 Ph.D. thesis were identical or near-identical to an earlier paper 1. Before his death, Arday claimed to have raised 5.5 million pounds ($7.5 million) for charity 1. A fundraiser launched in his memory has raised nearly 225,000 pounds ($305,000) from 7,900 donors 1. Additionally, his memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things," is to be published in the U.K. by Simon & Schuster 1.