EHS seminar with Dr Andru Chiorean

Environmental Humanities South (EHS) is excited to host Andru Chiorean who will be giving a seminar, titled "A World Where There Are Many Worlds:” Fragmentation of Civil Society’s Advocacy for a UN Business and Human Rights Treaty".

Over the years, the role of business and the private sector has been discussed, thinking about the function and role of these actors within the wider political economy of human rights. In this seminar, Dr Chiorean will explore the existing treaties with which the aim  is to address the role of business in society. For climate change related challanges, affecting different regions of the world, business and the private sector continue to play a critical role that needs to be grappled with as the global community attempts to resolve the ongoing ecological crisis.

DATE: 17 April 2025

TIME: 11 AM - 12:30 PM

VENUE: EHS Seminar Room, Level 4 Humanities Building, Office 4.19 Upper Campus.

BIO: After a PhD in history at the University of Nottingham (UK), Andru Chiorean joined as a researcher the CORPACCOUNT project within which he is currently investigating the role of transnational NGOs’ coalitions and business associations in the production of international norms and regulations on corporate criminal accountability. His interests focus on transnational / global history, political sociology, and corporate accountability. He has previously held fellowships at the New Europe College Institute of Advanced Studies, the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, Wilson Center in Washington, DC, and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. Dr Chiorean’s work has been published in journals such as European Review of History and in edited collections.