EMIL OLE WILLIAM KIRKEGAARD

 EMIL OLE WILLIAM KIRKEGAARD

IQ Researcher 


Emil Ole William Kirkegaard is a Danish IQ researcher. Holding a bachelor degree in linguistics from Aarhus University in Denmark, one of the top 200 universities in the world, Emil Kirkegaard has published extensively in peer reviewed journals, mostly focusing on IQ research and stereotype validation. A 2019 scientometric study found Emil Kirkegaard to be one of the most controversial IQ researchers.  Emil Kirkegaard is also a research fellow at Richard Lynns Ulster Institute for Social Research.

Career

OKCupid data release

Kirkegaard caused an uproar in 2016 when he published a dataset built from user data from dating website OKCupid. The data had been gathered from the site using a webscraper, and without prior permission from the site or users.[3][10][11][12] The compiled dataset was uploaded to Open Science Framework's servers, but was later deleted at the request of the dating site itself on copyright grounds, though the study based on the data still remains online.[13][14] The episode has been used as a case study in research ethics.[15][16][17][18] Kirkegaard's stated goal for releasing the data was his support for open data in research.

OpenPsych journals

In 2014, Kirkegaard founded the OpenPsych journals together with Davide Piffer, an Italian researcher. These journals feature open access, open data, and open research materials, as well as open peer review.[19] The journals have been criticized by journalists and academics alike.[20][21] Journalist Ben Van Der Merwe, writing in New Statesman, called it a "pseudoscience factory-farm".[7] Noah Carl and Kirkegaard and other members of staff later published an editorial defending the journals against accusations.[22]

London Conference on Intelligence Research

Kirkegaard has been a key organizer and regular attendee of the London Conference on Intelligence (LCI) which is held to discuss intelligence, race, and eugenics. The conference was covertly held on the campus of University College London without the college's knowledge or permission from 2014 until 2017.[9][23][24][25] The meetings have received negative media coverage following a paper by journalist Toby Young, who had attended the conference in 2017.[20][24] A group of fifteen conference attendees published a response to criticism in the journal Intelligence disputing the media's coverage of the events.[26] The conference was moved from London to Skanderborg, Denmark, in May 2018.[27]

Publications