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Work time reduction: a critical analysis of the main arguments for adopting a 4...

Over the past five years, the private sector, policymakers, and civil society have developed a growing interest in reduced working hours. The rapid growth of 4-day workweek pilots in multiple firms across different countries has led to considerable scholarly attention regarding this topic. However, most of this discussion is taking place outside of the academic domain. The lack of representativeness of academic...

Diversidade e gestão de pessoas no Serviço Público: o caso português

The social inclusion of women and minorities in the public service has increased with human resources management strategies focused on diversity. In 2018, Portugal launched the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination - Portugal + Igual (ENIND), defining global and structural action targets to achieve this policy. The article aims to analyze the configuration of the Municipal Equality and Non-Discr...

O Marceneiro: entre o trabalho artesanal e o trabalho operacional

The Sennet's (2009b) and Mill's (1969) model of craftsmanship applied to the manual and skilled occupations was used as theoretical grounding for the study of the cabinetmakers of the Paredes furniture industry. Through an exploratory and qualitative research, developed with the application of interviews and participant observation, we identified, among other features, the coexistence of craft skills with indus...

Work time reduction: the 4-day work week

Research into work time has focused on multiple themes such as social struggles to reduce it, links with technological and organisational innovation and the emergence of new ways of reorganising it in economic organisations (Epstein and Kalleberg, 2001, van den Scott, 2014). In this context, the 4-day work week (4DWW) has become a topic of growing international interest (Bird, 2010; Fitzgerald, 1996; Gomes, 202...

A co-construção de ações para a inclusão: contributos da Sociologia e do Design...

Este capítulo visa dar a conhecer uma experiência de aprendizagem em serviço, intitulada “Oficina das Comunidades”, que decorreu no interior norte de Portugal, no âmbito de uma parceria entre uma organização local, a Associação Transmontana Pelo Desenvolvimento (ATPD) e professores/investigadores de Design de Serviços da Universidade do Minho (UM), da Universidade de Aveiro (UA) e da Universidade de São Paulo (...

Guia de intervenção em igualdade de género na agricultura - metodologias e boas...

Stakeholders' perceptions of hydrogen and reflections on energy transition gove...

energy transition and create a hydrogen economy. Acceptance has been used in social science literature as a lens through which to anticipate possible challenges surrounding hydrogen technologies. However, very few studies problematize perceptions and focus on the production of hydrogen. Hence, this study aims to bridge these theoretical and empirical gaps using a mixed-method approach based on semi-structured i...

Inteligência artificial e direitos humanos: da opacidade dos sistemas à transpa...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been revealed in the 21st century as the maximum exponent of the current technological revolution, assuming itself as a preponderant asset with profound influences in the reconfigurations of social organization systems. We are facing a complex phenomenon with impacts on all dimensions of human life and correlated with some of the emerging polarities in the digital age. This make...

Avaliação externa de projetos de investigação-ação: reflexões a partir de uma e...

Our communication concerns a set of methodological reflections on an external evaluation process within the scope of a research and intervention project: MAIs Project - Women Farmers in Interior Territories (2020-2023, Sabugal and São Pedro do Sul). Within the framework of the project execution timeline, we designed and operationalized a results evaluation model, guided upstream by process analysis and downstre...

A co-construção de ações para a inclusão: contributos da Sociologia e do Design...

This chapter aims to publicize a service-learning experience, entitled "Oficina das Comunidades" (Communities Workshop), which took place in the northern interior of Portugal, as part of a partnership between a local organization, the Associação Transmontana Pelo Desenvolvimento (ATPD), and teachers/researchers in Service Design from the University of Minho (UM), University of Aveiro (UA), University of São Pau...