On May 3, it ended the 6th edition of the Conference “Visions d’un Món Desigual. Treball decent i creixement econòmic”, which focused on Sustainable Development Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth). Topics such as the fight against job insecurity, the relationship between decent work and immigration, and the labor market through the gender perspective were discussed.
 

The conference, open to the general public and free of charge, was organized in four thematic blocks, each dealing with an aspect related to decent work and economic growth. As in the previous edition, the conference was held 100% online through the YouTube platform for live virtual sessions.

In this sixth edition, all sessions followed the same methodology. During the first 20-30 minutes, the speaker explained the topic, and then there was a question and answer session.

Image of the first session with the writer and professor Carlos Taibo.

The sum of participants between the 4 sessions is more than 450 people (members of the university community and the general public), of which 50 were from UPF.

Topics covered:

1st session - "Degrowth and Collapse" with Carlos Taibo, writer, editor, and retired professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Madrid. He is a member of the editorial board of Sin Permiso since its founding in 2006 and has published articles in media like the newspaper Público.

“El crecimiento económico se traduce muy a menudo en agresiones medioambientales literalmente irreversibles que configuran un legado dramático en termino de los derechos de los integrantes de las generaciones venideras”

2nd session - "Fight against job insecurity. Towards the new era of tourism" with Roxana Hernandez, spokeswoman for Kellys Barcelona, a Spanish-wide association of chambermaids.

“Éramos unas trabajadoras invisibles, a las que nadie conocía” 

3rd session - "Decent work and immigration" with Ferran Camas, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law and Director of the Chair of Immigration, Rights, and Citizenship at the University of Girona. International expert on occupation and labor for the European project Socieux+.

“En la meta 8.8 del objetivo de desarrollo sostenible 8  se hace referencia implícita a la necesidad de promover derechos laborales; de promover el trabajo decente para los trabajadores migrantes. Esta es la única ocasión en toda la agenda de desarrollo sostenible donde Naciones Unidas hace referencia a los trabajadores migrantes”

4th session - "From occupation to jobs: a look from a gender perspective" with Sara Moreno, a sociologist. She is currently a Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and a researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT-UAB) and the Institute of Labor Studies (IET-UAB).

“S’ha demostrat empíricament com l’experiència del teletreball en el cas de les dones és negativa” 

The four virtual sessions were recorded and are available on the Youtube channel “Visions d’un Món Desigual”.