The former dean of the University of Debrecen is accused of harassment

The distinguished dean of the University of Debrecen unexpectedly left the faculty he led for five years. The reason behind may have been a harassment case.

Last April, the position of Dean Péter Bálint as head of the Faculty of Child Education and Special Education of the University of Debrecen was unexpectedly revoked. The unusual decision made in the middle of the school year was not commented on, the news only reported on the successor of the former dean, who has been leading the faculty since 2015.

The dean’s mid-year departure was incomprehensible because, at the end of January 2020, he reported his multi-year plans, saying that one thing is “missing from our faculty: teaching. I can promise we may announce its arrival within 1-2 years.”

As the Hungarian news portal 24.hu reports, Péter Bálint’s unjustified departure may be due to a harassment case, after an ethical investigation was carried out in 2019 at the University of Debrecen into the case of the expelled dean. This was also confirmed by a member of the institution’s ethics committee; according to whom

Ethical proceedings were initiated against the former dean on charges of harassment, and the proceedings ended with condemning the dean.