SDG: Moving Towards Sustainable Work

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Syllabus

Week 1: New challenges for Decent work (I). Digital Economy.
Do you know what is the Digital Economy? We will discuss the role of platforms and the importance of sharing economy in the digital age. We will analyze the impact on the employment conditions and we will try to map the main social risks.

Week 2: New challenges for Decent work (II). The impact of robot revolution on employment.
What do you know about the impact of robotization on workforce? We will review the trends in achieving a legal status for robots and their influence on employee's rights, as well as the challenges in a new landscape of labour relations.

Week 3: Diversity management.
Managing diversity is certainly a challenge in the digital age. We will analyze the fundamental rights at workplace, the critical issues related to sensitive collectives and the importance of empowering women.

Week 4: Decent work and protection against poverty.
Poverty, sustainable growth, decent work and sensitive groups will be discussed keeping in mind multiperspectivity.

Week 5: New forms of work, well-being, and work health.
New challenges in sustainable work need new frameworks on occupational health and well-being for e-workers, freelancers, self-employed and entrepreneurs.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Eva María Blázquez Agudo
Associate Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

María Gema Quintero Lima
Profesora
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

María Teresa Alameda Castillo
Associate Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Ana Belén Muñoz Ruiz
Visiting Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Daniel Pérez del Prado
Visiting Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Amanda Moreno Solana
Visiting Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is an innovative public university committed to the improvement of society through teaching of the highest quality and cutting-edge research in line with stringent international guidelines. UC3M has three degree-granting Schools, in addition to a School of Graduate Studies and a Doctoral School.

Established in 1989, UC3M develops its activities in four campuses and enrolls about 18.000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs (18% are foreign students). UC3M has a large offer of programs taught in English and is the 1st university in Spain and the 3rd in Europe in terms of undergraduate students taking part in the Erasmus student exchange programs. UC3M is included in the QS Top 50 Under 50, a ranking of the world’s top 50 universities established within the last 50 years.

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