Green Jobs and Sustainability in Europe

Seminar jointly organised by the ‘Alternative Organisations and Transformative Practices’ and the ‘Sustainable Development’ clusters

Date and time: 22nd of March 2018, 13.15-15.00

Location: C205, College Building, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT

Tickets: Entry is free and open to all. Please register here to reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-jobs-and-sustainability-tickets-42751809814

***Refreshments will be served***

Saving and providing low-carbon energy are great challenges of our times, as the by-products of combustion of oil, gas, coal and other materials contribute to climate change, air-pollution, natural disasters, and diseases. Low-carbon housing and energy generation are essential for the survival of life on this planet. Both require NEW technology and NEW ways of working.

After some dire post-financial and economic crisis years, policy makers and academics are excited about the opportunities for creating employment and stimulating European economies provided by the rising awareness of the negative impact of environmental pollution and climate change. Climate change and how societies engage in technological and social innovation are questions of social, ecological and economic sustainability. In this seminar, we ask

How can the turn to energy saving and low-carbon energy generation contribute to more and better employment across European economies?

We invite academics and PhD students from various disciplines to join us for a lively exchange of ideas. 

Speakers

Prof Linda Clarke (Professor of European Industrial Relations in the Westminster Business School) and Dr. Melahat Sahin-Dikmen (Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE), Westminster Business School) on

'Challenges for vocational education and training for low energy construction in Europe: divergent contexts, approaches and practices'

Dr Robert Gross (Reader in Energy Policy and Technology and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT) at Imperial College London) on

'Low carbon jobs, what is the evidence? The UKERC systematic review'

Dr Lisa Schulte (Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour, Middlesex University) (Initiator of this seminar) on

'Job Quality in the Danish, English and German Offshore Wind Turbine Industry'

Chair: Dr Anne Daguerre (Associate Professor in Work Employment and Welfare, Middlesex University)

Sponsor: Research Facilitation Funding Grant – Middlesex University Business School

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Dr. Daniel Ozarow
Senior Lecturer (Research & Teaching) in HRM

Department of Management, Leadership & Organisations.
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Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK
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