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===Megatrend University=== In 2005, the Bogdanovs became professors at [[Megatrend University]] in [[Belgrade]] where they were appointed Chairs of Cosmology and said to direct the Megatrend Laboratory of Cosmology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megatrend.edu.rs/profesori.php?bs%3Dgrichka_bogdanoff%26language%3D1 |title=Prof. Grichka Bogdanoff, PhD & Prof. Igor Bogdanoff, PhD |access-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205449/http://www.megatrend.edu.rs/profesori.php?bs=grichka_bogdanoff&language=1 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |website=[[Megatrend University]]}}</ref><ref name="politika">{{cite web|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/295992/Kako-je-Mica-rektor-postao-kosmolog|script-title=sr:Како је Мића ректор постао космолог|first=Ана|last=Оташевић|website=politika.rs|date=2014-06-10|access-date=2018-02-27|language=sr}}</ref> [[Mića Jovanović]], the [[rector (academia)|rector]] and owner of Megatrend University, wrote a preface for the [[Serbian language|Serbian]] edition of ''Avant le Big Bang.''<ref name="politika"/> Jovanović later became embroiled in controversy and resigned his post when it was revealed that he had not obtained a PhD at the [[London School of Economics]] as he had claimed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-serbia-education-fraud/the-minister-his-mentor-and-the-fight-against-a-suspect-system-in-serbia-idUKKBN0EY1EV20140623|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124124556/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-serbia-education-fraud/the-minister-his-mentor-and-the-fight-against-a-suspect-system-in-serbia-idUKKBN0EY1EV20140623|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2017|title=The minister, his mentor and the fight against a suspect system in Serbia|last=Robinson|first=Matt|date=2014-06-23|access-date=2018-02-27|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> This scandal, combined with the presence of the Bogdanovs, contributed to an atmosphere of controversy surrounding Megatrend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/bogus-academic-claims-tarnish-serbias-ivory-tower-035622394.html|title=Bogus academic claims tarnish Serbia's ivory tower|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=2014-06-26|access-date=2018-02-27|last=Subasic|first=Katarina}}</ref>
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