Timeline for How to respond to threats by disgruntled, powerful former collaborator
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2018 at 5:30 | comment | added | Kimball | @foliated234 At universities I'm familiar with, your co-authors will not be asked for letters, so I guess you are worried about your colleague convincing others in the area you did something underhanded. Do you know how this senior colleague is viewed by other senior people in the area, in terms of honesty, integrity, reasonableness? I would suspect that if this person has a history of treating others unfairly, others in the field would know about this. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 5:06 | comment | added | foliated234 | A major issue is the problem of recommendation letters for promotion to full professor rank in a community which is not very large (I would be eligible next year). Thanks a lot for your advice, since I prefer to do whatever possible to first try to smooth things out. I will do that: not answer the threats and insults at this stage, but discuss first the situation with my present coauthors, and then send a polite email to the professor exactly along the lines you propose. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 4:36 | vote | accept | foliated234 | ||
| Jan 26, 2018 at 1:23 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | +1 You are opening the door for softening the situation. It may not work, but demonstrates goodwill. Generally, especially senior people believe (and sometimes rightly) that discussing research ideas warrants some credit somewhere. It is sometimes said that ideas are cheap and the real work comes after, but that is not always true. If in doubt, acknowledge. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:18 | history | answered | Kimball | CC BY-SA 3.0 |