This book brings together knowledge on how to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8, to bring societal change through sustainable economic growth and decent work for all by 2030.
At its core is the great challenge of achieving economic growth without compromising the environment, while ensuring respect for fundamental human rights, and in particular the right to employment with equal and safe work conditions. This book provides a critical analysis of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 in the 2030 Agenda, its targets and indicators, to reveal biases, tensions and contradictions that need to be addressed to achieve this goal and to guide policymaking. The role and potential of academia to contribute to achieving this SDG is scrutinized. Chapters examine and assess specific targets for SDG 8, which includes policies, resource efficiency, youth employment, child labour and sustainable tourism. Higher education institutions’ tools for capacity building are presented, examining how education and academic research can play a role in achieving the SDG 8 targets. Overall, this book offers a synthesis of how research and higher education can make a difference in achieving a complex SDG.
This book will be of great interest to academics and professionals working on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and can be used as a policymaking guide for 2030 and beyond.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Edited by:
Lotta Dellve,
Sharon Fonn,
Gunnar Köhlin,
Katrin Skagert
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032624709
ISBN 10: 1032624701
Series: Environment for Development
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 March 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I: Introduction 1. The potential for academia to contribute to achievement of SDG 8 (Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Köhlin) Part II: Syntheses of research 2. Economic growth in different parts of the world (Ola Olsson and Pelle Ahlerup) 3. Implementing policies for decent work and economic growth: A critical review (Stefan Tengblad, Henric Rhedin, Carl Wenström, Andreas Wallo, Lars Kullman) 4. Drivers of resource efficiency (Thomas Sterner) 5. Full employment – senior workers (Ewa Wikström, Robin Jonsson) 6. Full employment - young adults (Gunnar Gillberg, Hanna Uddbäck) 7. Child Labor: Challenges and ways forward (Heather Congdon Fors) 8. Safe work environments: Target 8.8 and its indicators regarding inequalities in occupational disorders and rights of compensation for migrant workers (Lotta Dellve, Helena Stensöta, Anna-Carin Olin, Helena Sanden) 9. Sustainable tourism (Chiara Rinaldi, Jim Ayorekire, Erik Lundberg) Part III: Capacity building [Can be adapted to fit the size of the book.] 10. Universities’ roles in society to meet global goals (Pam Fredman) 11. Education to meet the targets of decent work (Ulrike Bollman & Johannes Siegrist) 12. Bringing innovation and entrepreneurship into the academic heartland of universities (Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams-Middleton, Yashar Mansoori, Anmar Kamaladin) 13. Academic capacity needs to implement SDG 8 – an assessment (Edwin Muchapondwa and Erik Sterner) 14. Academic structures and incentives for research to make a difference (Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Köhlin)
Lotta Dellve is a Professor in Work science at the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Professor in Ergonomics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Sharon Fonn is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and guest professor in Global Sustainable Development, focusing on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all (SDG 3) at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Gunnar Köhlin is Director of the Environment for Development Initiative and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Katrin Skagert holds a PhD in Public Health and Community Medicine from the University of Gothenburg and is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Work Science at Gothenburg University.
