Emil Kirkegaard

Emil Ole William Kirkegaard (born around 1990) is a Danish linguist and blogger who has extensively published research in the general field of intelligence (IQ) research, despite not holding a psychology degree or having undertaken any relevant university training in that area. Kirkegaard's work in relation to eugenics and intelligence along with his self-founded, peer reviewed journal OpenPsych has attracted academic and media criticism.
Education and Affiliation
According to his Linkiedin page Kirkegaard holds a bachelor degree in linguistics from Aarhus University. He dropped out of his master's.
Kirkegaard is affiliated with Ulster Institute for Social Research, which is bankrolled by the Pioneer Fund and associated with scientific racism and eugenics. 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. The episode has been used as a case study in research ethics. 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. The journals have been criticized by journalists and academics alike. Journalist Ben Van Der Merwe, writing in New Statesman, called it a "pseudoscience factory-farm".
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. The meetings have received negative media coverage following a paper by journalist Toby Young, who had attended the conference in 2017. The conference was moved from London to Skanderborg, Denmark, in May 2018.
Other
In 2014, as part of the Danish Internet Party, Kirkegaard proposed using blockchain for electronic voting.

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