Dr Johannes Lenhard
@JFLenhard
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Academic and writer. Lecturing and researching @cambridge_uni. Book on homelessness: https://t.co/nZIOqDI6nk Book on DEI in VC: https://t.co/lWSldiE89d
London, UK
Joined May 2019
2022 was pretty special for me: it was likely the only two-book-year of my life 🎉. 📔 #1, from May: Making Better Lives, on my research with people experiencing homelessness in Paris and how they survive despite structural exclusion .(discount: BBAUTH):
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Independent Publishing since 1994
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A welcome set of (partly unexpected) allies in the attack on everything that’s slowly made the world a little more equal….
Mark’s position is the right one… we can have a meritocracy WHILE trying to make society more just — and a diversity of experiences and perspectives is obviously a win in most business cases.
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RT @PublicBooks: In his research on VC investors in Silicon Valley and Europe, @JFLenhard finds that biases significantly impact investment….
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🗽One of the things that’s wrong with American VC in a tweet. Why would we hold on to a measure of ‘prosperity’ even economists shun? .How can you believe in the positive force of capitalism living in San Francisco?. 🇪🇺Europe is pushing ahead, also in tech; report coming soon!.
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RT @ImpactAlpha: Impact Voices: #ESG in VC. Not seeing ESG for what it is “prevents potentially well-intentioned investors from driving rea….
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At the beginning of ‘Godfather III’, Corleone’s daughter gives $100m to the Catholic Church to ‘resurrect Sicily’ in the name of the family ...
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Fantastic to hear @rachelcoldicutt in a panel on tech during #50yearswomenatKings @Kings_College talk about the influence of money & power; we need to address finance, VC and capital rather than just technology when discussing e.g. AI (bonus point: @rebeccaelove next to her).
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RT @KamiarMohaddes: Great session today @KingsELab with @ErikaBrodnock and @JFLenhard on "#DEI still isn’t changing in venture capital and….
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Now back in London from five months of more intense writing in this beautiful building @nyuniversity @nyu_ipk — thank you @caitlinzaloom and @EricKlinenberg for having me! I’ll be back in September. Hit me up for London meet-ups (I’ll also be back here more again)!
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The world hasn't understood the value of anthropology (and its libraries) -- go and read Kate's Op-Ed to hear some good arguments (and @gilliantett's book anthro-vision: .
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While today’s business world is dominated by technology and data analysis, award-winning financial journalist and anthropology PhD Gillian Tett adv...
@CalAnthro library is invaluable— it’s where students learn so many things, including how to challenge the very corporate order that’s threatening to close it. Cheering for the occupiers. I wrote about their cause in @ChronicleReview
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Looking forward to (co)hosting this at IPK next week in person in NYC. Everyone who thinks about VC, tech and its (necessary) turn towards public interest is welcome to join!.
Can Tech Ever be Good? On Public Interest, ESG and Other "Distractions," 4/19 (12 PM ET) . In this panel discussion, Sharon Zukin, @lyelr, & @JFLenhard will explore how "tech for good" is influencing the current tech scene. RSVP:
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Our modular homes paper is finally out - based on evidence from the first modular homes scheme for people experiencing homelessness in the UK, now scaled up across the country!.
1/2 I'm delighted to announce that this paper I co-authored with @kotisarpong; Dr Burgess, @JFLenhard and Eana Meng has been published in Human Ecology. Thanks to @CCHPR1 @Jimmyscambridge @camcitco @AtNewMeaning @AlliaLtd and all partners. Link to paper.
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RT @adaventures: Recently @JFLenhard wrote in @Siftedeu "Relying on underrepresented and overlooked populations to create the change themse….
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Only 1% of VC money was raised by female-only VC fund teams last year, while 84% went to male-only teams in Europe.
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RT @ChantieCox: VC diversity needs to change — and white men need to take responsibility | @JFLenhard saying it loudly for the people at….
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Only 1% of VC money was raised by female-only VC fund teams last year, while 84% went to male-only teams in Europe.
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Looking forward to my first time visiting @BrownUniversity and @banupan to talk about @ErikaBrodnock and my book on DEI in VC and tech. Anyone is welcome - register below!.
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The VC market is still calm - giving investors time to do due diligence. In a new column for @ImpactAlpha, @hkleach and I argue that ESG is a good tool to prevent a new wave of hype, e.g. around AI. As the SEC is starting to clamp down on VCs, the imperative grows stronger!.
#ESG in VC. If in 2022 tech private markets were defined by the crash of some of the highest-valued and hyped companies, “2023 will be a year of recalibration,” write #VentureESG’s @JFLenhard and @hkleach in @ImpactAlpha.
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New Piece by @hkleach and myself: .ESG is here to stay, and Europe is driving the crowd. Let's learn from last years crises, losses and defaults and do some more due diligence, shall we?.
NEW: #ESG in VC. If in 2022 tech private markets were defined by the crash of some of the highest-valued and hyped companies, “2023 will be a year of recalibration,” write #VentureESG’s @JFLenhard and Hannah Leach in a new column for @ImpactAlpha.
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Trying to wrap my head around the US; today: women’s rights. This summary map in today’s @nytimes about abortion bans by state makes me angry. What world do we live in if this is what the most powerful country’s Supreme Court produces? Who can we trust?
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Slightly belatedly -- but I'm here now @nyu_ipk to escape the meetings of London and have a very boring routine again, writing my book (and reading). Hit me up if you are in NYC; I will need some coffee regularly roaming the streets of downtown NYC.
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What I liked most: Coles focuses on the influence poverty has on shrinking people’s choice and comprehensively shows us the results: . Sexism, racism, homophobia, rape and the constant everyday struggle, esp of women. My 📖#2 this year and another highly recommend! 3/.
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In a town where everyone knows (and sleeps with) everyone else, it is especially the gendered relationships that cause the drama. The chef of the restaurant at the centre of the plot has all the strings in his hands - and is himself just a sociopath and pathological liar 2/.
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I hadn’t heard about St John’s in Newfoundland - but @MeganGColes book paints the bleakest picture of Canada’s very East. Under the all-encompassing shadow of poverty, human (self)deception and the ‘normal’ complexity of relationships are aggravated to a dramatic extent 1/
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