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Desigualdades en América Latina y el Caribe: Investigación, Políticas y Gestión para las Transformaciones Sociales (FutureLearn)

Offered by UNESCO, CLAD,

Explore nuevas estrategias de producción y gestión de conocimiento para mejorar las políticas frente a las desigualdades. Las desigualdades representan uno de los principales desafíos que enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe, y constituyen una constante preocupación para sus gobiernos. Frente a estos escenarios cada vez más complejos, el diálogo fluido entre investigación social y políticas públicas resulta urgente y estratégico. Este curso aborda el actual panorama regional de las desigualdades, alerta sobre sus dramáticas consecuencias, y ofrece estrategias transformadoras que pueden diseñarse para mejorar las políticas sociales y la gestión pública.

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¿Qué temas serán abordados?

Conocimiento, política y gestíon
¿Qué hacemos con lo que sabemos y con lo que no sabemos?
Las dimensiones de las desigualdades
¿Cambiaron las preguntas en el siglo XXI?
Gestíon del conocimiento para políticas
Fuentes, medios y estrategias para enfrentar las desigualdades.
Vías transformativas contra las desigualdades
Hacia nuevas arquitecturas del conocimiento y la acción pública.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Fortalecer el nexo entre investigación y políticas públicas contra las desigualdades.
Identificar herramientas y estrategias de políticas contra las desigualdades.
Explorar oportunidades de investigación y políticas contra las desigualdades.

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