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Kiran Trehan
Kiran Trehan is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Partnerships and Engagement at the University of York and Director of the Centre for Women’s Enterprise, Leadership, Economy & Diversity. A key contributor to debates on leadership, enterprise development and diversity in small firms and business, she has led a number of leadership, enterprise and business support initiatives and has extensively published a number of journal articles, policy reports, books and book chapters in the field. She has also received invitations as Guest Editor from reputable international journals as well as national and international advisory roles that shape debates and policy in diversity and enterprise .In 2019, she was elected to be the President of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the leading national body in the UK for SME research and policy learning. She was invited to be one of the lead commissioners on the West Midlands Leadership Commission to lead a new research and policy agenda on leadership diversity for Andy Street Electoral Mayor and the West Midlands combined authority. The final report was commended by British Prime Minister Theresa May and was featured in Times Higher Education magazine.
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On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein in conversation with Kiran Trehan
The University of York and its student union join forces with JLF Brave New World to launch a new engagement platform, York Ideas, to present a compelling talk by Naomi Klein on the urgent need to combat the profound global impacts of the intersection of the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Klein, an acclaimed writer and activist, will present a mandate for action that includes an assessment of how Covid-19 offers us an opportunity to re-set how society might function in the future. Her talk will be accompanied by the first screening of a short film created by Molly Crabapple offering a beautiful evocation of how we can create a better future by thinking about how society might function differently. Join us to be stimulated, engaged and inspired about what might be possible for the future.