The investigation was triggered by allegations made by Stephen Vainker, a teacher and former doctoral researcher in the United Kingdom, who documented what he says are hundreds of instances of plagiarism and data errors across John Hattie’s body of work. Vainker also discovered what seems to be a hallucinated reference in one of Hattie’s recent writings, prompting a book publisher to remove it from the work.

After Vainker had flagged more than 180 alleged instances of plagiarism across Hattie’s work, the university’s pro vice-chancellor for research capability, Kate Smith-Miles, said in June a formal investigation into Hattie’s work was “not necessary or appropriate.” At the time, the university had reviewed 14 of 181 of Vainker’s allegations at random, finding none amounted to misconduct. But the school acknowledged “a number of unintended errors” and “improvements” that could be made to Hattie’s citation practice, according to a letter summarizing the findings of its preliminary assessment.

Now the University of Melbourne has opened a formal investigation into the John Hattie, backtracking on a decision months ago that concerns about his work didn’t warrant further scrutiny.

Source https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/16/university-melbourne-opens-formal-investigation-education-researcher-john-hattie/

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