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Webinar series on SDG8 in June - don't miss it!

The SDG 8 Initiative at the University of Gothenburg has introduced thematic reviews and discussion papers on the targets of the Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8).

In a series of three workshops in June, the thematic groups will present drafts of their SDG 8 discussion papers and suggest areas that are relevant for the implementation of each target. There will be time for discussion and questions, involving all interested researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers, and the associated "satellite" universities in Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam.

8 June 14.00-16.00
Sustainable economic growth (target 8.1) Ola Olsson, Professor in Economics.

Resource efficiency (target 8.4) Thomas Sterner, Professor in Environmental Economics

17 June 13.00-16.00  
Job creation and growing enterprises (target 8.3) Stefan Tengblad, professor in human resource management 

Decent, equal work and pay (target 8.5) Mattias Bengtsson, associate professor in sociology and work science

Safe work environments (target 8.8) Lotta Dellve, professor in work science, Helena Stensöta, professor political science, Anna-Carin Olin, professor in occupational medicine, Helena Sanden, associate professor in occupational and environmental medicine

22 June 13.00-16.00   
Innovation (target 8.2) Rick Middel, senior lecturer in innovation and entrepreneurship 

No child labour (target 8.7) Heather Congdon Ford, senior lecturer in economics

Sustainable tourism (target 8.9) Chiara Rinaldi, researcher Gothenburg Research Institute, Centre for Tourism

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News | 27 May 2021