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Fired for Refusing to Fly, This Italian Researcher Has Found a Job

Summary by Reporterre, Le Quotidien De L'écologie…
Fired in 2023 for refusing to fly home from a scientific mission in Papua New Guinea, Gianluca Grimalda has stuck to his guns: no air travel, which emits too much CO2. Two years later, the Italian researcher announced to Libération that he had found a position at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, where he will take up his duties in early 2026. This institution claims to be able to "reconcile" his climate convictions with his academic con…
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Fired in 2023 for refusing to fly home from a scientific mission in Papua New Guinea, Gianluca Grimalda has stuck to his guns: no air travel, which emits too much CO2. Two years later, the Italian researcher announced to Libération that he had found a position at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, where he will take up his duties in early 2026. This institution claims to be able to "reconcile" his climate convictions with his academic con…

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Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie… broke the news in on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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