Statement of Charles University on rigorosum thesis of Mr. Andreas Scheuer












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            * Statement of Charles University on rigorosum thesis of Mr. Andreas Scheuer
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            Charles University hereby states that the rigorosum thesis, on the basis of which Mr. Andr

            received the title of PhDr. at the CU faculty of Social Sciences in 2004, has been examine
            plagiarism. Mr. Scheuer’s thesis was digitalised and tested using the Urkund and Theses an
            software. These analyses did not show any indications of plagiarism or correspondence with

            websites, electronic sources, archives and book databases or scientific or other texts in 
            the text of the rigorosum thesis.
            At the same time the CU Faculty of Social Sciences contacted the German ombudsman for scie

            Wolfgang Löwer, according to whom Andreas Scheuer’s thesis bears signs of plagiarism, with
            cooperation. (Note: as of today (21 January 2014), neither Charles University nor the CU F

            Sciences has received any official suggestion or complaint regarding this matter from any 
            internal review was initiated on the basis of suspicions raised in the media).
            In the event that any kind of plagiarism is proved, the entire matter shall immediately be

            CU Ethics Committee.
            Prague, 21 January 2014
            Correctness verified by:

            Mgr. Václav Hájek
            CU Press Officer
            Press and PR Office

            Charles University in Prague
            tel: +420 224 491 248
            e-mail: pr(zavinac)cuni.cz [ MAIL "pr(zavinac)cuni.cz"]