Hey there, it's Steven Dubner. Over the holidays, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite series from this past year about a set of research scandals that have rocked the academic world.

When we first played these episodes, we heard from a lot of listeners, including one who teaches AP research at a high school in Frisco,

Texas. He made a crossword puzzle for his students based on our series. Here's one clue. 39 across,

five letters. The active fabrication of data is called, I'll give you a hint. The title of the

episode you're about to hear is,

why is there so much fraud in academia?

We have updated facts and figures where necessary.

Next week in part two,

we will have an update from one of the fraud fighters.

As always, thanks for listening.

A couple years ago, Francesca Gino was, there's really no other way of putting it.

She was a superstar, an academic superstar, at least.

She was at the center of everything. Being a prestigious faculty member at Harvard and all of her public speaking and her books.

Her reputation was perfect.

She was synonymous with the highest levels of research in organizational behavior.

She's just a giant in the field.

The field in which Gino is a giant, where her reputation was perfect, is variously called behavioral science or decision science or organizational psychology.

According to her website at the Harvard Business School, where she has been a professor

of business administration, Gino's research focuses on why people make the decisions they do at work

and how leaders and employees can have more productive, creative, and fulfilling lives.

Who wouldn't want that? Gino became a superstar by publishing a great number of research

papers in academic journals, as well as a couple of books. Her latest is called Rebel Talent,

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