Elisabeth Kelan

[11] Her current work looks at leadership development, gender and generational diversity, and organizational policy and corporate responsibility.

[13] In an unconventional move, she produced comic strips to associate everyday life situations with the conveying of her key research findings.

[15][16] In the emerging debate about the future of work, technology, and social and organizational leadership, she has welcomed the use of artificial intelligence to improve diversity in the workplace, but warned that it would be naïve to presume that AI will do away with unconscious biases.

During the 2009 event held to adopt and implement the UN Global Compact Calvert Women’s Principles, she spoke on why gender is a crucial part of corporate social responsibility.

[21] She is known to have worked on projects with General Electric, EADS-Airbus, and PwC, and produced research with KPMG, which was presented at the World Economic Forum 2015.

The groundbreaking seminar attempted to expose business academics and practitioners to current research and knowledge in the social sciences and saw two talks by (Lord) Anthony Giddens and Richard Sennett.