FutureLearn

Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Research, Policy and Management for Social Transformations (FutureLearn)

Offered by UNESCO,

Find out how to promote informed policies towards equity and social transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Use strategies to fight against social issues. Inequality is one of the main challenges facing Latin America and the Carribean and is a constant concern for their governments. Faced with these increasingly complex scenarios, a fluid dialogue between social research and public policy is essential.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see FutureLearn's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

This course addresses the current regional landscape of inequalities, warns of its dramatic consequences, and offers transformative strategies that can be designed to improve social policies and public management.

What topics will you cover?

Knowledge, policy and management

What do we do with what we know and with what we don’t know?

The dimensions of inequalities

Have the questions changed in the 21st century?

Knowledge-management for policies

Sources, means and strategies to face inequalities

Transformative paths against inequalities

Towards new knowledge and public action architectures

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

Explore the link between research and public policies against inequalities
Identify policy tools and strategies against inequalities
Explore research and policy opportunities against inequalities

Go to Class

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

FutureLearn

University College London

Equity in Informal STEM Learning: Using the Equity Compass (FutureLearn)

Education Teacher Professional Development

Discover a new framework to help you support all learners and promote equity in informal STEM learning. Understand the importance of equity in STEM learning. There are ongoing inequalities in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) sector, which has traditionally excluded people from minoritised communities. This three-week course will help you reflect on and develop equitable and inclusive practice, to ensure that your organisation can effectively support diverse young people’s engagement with STEM.

Self Paced

3 Weeks

STEM Learning Inclusive Education Equity

FutureLearn

Uppsala University

Understanding Financial Crisis: Business Cycles and Policy (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership Humanities

Discover the relationship between history, financial crises and business cycles, with this free online course. Economic crises often have severe consequences - for everyone from governments and corporations to you and I. But crises can be seen as an essential part of an evolving economy, along with structural adjustments and institutional changes. In this course you will learn more about the role of financial crises, their history and how they can be interpreted.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Business Policy Business Cycles

FutureLearn

The Open University

The Lottery of Birth (FutureLearn)

Social Sciences

Birth is a lottery. Find out how your life chances are influenced by where, when and to whom you are born. This online course will look at the big picture of the lottery of birth and the smaller, human stories. You will examine key inequalities, such as being born rich or poor, female or male.

No session available

4 Weeks

Sociology Inequalities Birth

FutureLearn

The Open University

Project Management: Beyond the Basics (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership Business

Build your existing project management knowledge and develop the skills to manage teams and deliver effective projects. Learn how to lead project teams with success. Digital transformation and the rise of large scale infrastructure projects has created a growing demand for more project-oriented jobs worldwide. On this course, you will go beyond the fundamentals of project management and improve your knowledge so you’re better prepared to lead projects in the future.

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Management Leadership Project Management

FutureLearn

University of Twente

Supply chain innovation: How technology can create a sustainable future (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership CS: Information & Technology

Understand how new technologies can make supply chains more sustainable and learn how to deal with today's trends. Every product that we use today is the result of a supply chain - a complex series of steps that turn raw materials into the final products we use and everything related with this. Managing these supply chains has become more and more a challenge, especially with all modern technologies and todays trends. The 24-hour economy, fast delivery of goods to your home, wanting to have customized products and of course the focus on sustainability are a few of these trends.

Available now

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability Innovation Management

FutureLearn

EIT RawMaterials

Due Diligence in Mineral Value Chains: Responsible Business Conduct (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership Business

Master due diligence in mineral value chains with EIT Raw Materials to enhance your skills in responsible business conduct. On this four-week course, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of due diligence in mineral value chains from a European perspective. You’ll develop your knowledge of the legal requirements in this area as well as sustainable supply chain management and responsible sourcing.

Aug 5th 2024

4 Weeks

Management Risk Assessment Supply Chain Management

FutureLearn

British Council

Ideas for a Better World: Leading Change Through Policymaking (FutureLearn)

Social Sciences

Learn about policymaking and leadership from experts and inspirational leaders, and create your own policy action plan. Become a leader and start making a difference in the world through policymaking Policy change can affect billions of lives. What if you could create policies to enhance societies, transform lives and change the impact we have on the world?

Nov 8th 2021

4 Weeks

Leadership Leader Policy

FutureLearn

University of Bath

Make an Impact: Sustainability for Professionals (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership

Find out how to integrate a sustainable development strategy into your company with this free online course. This free online course will cover the basic definitions and history of sustainable development and sustainability in business - from a niche interest to the present day. We’ll find out how and why businesses now routinely incorporate sustainable development, via corporate social responsibility policies, product innovation and new business models.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Business Sustainability Innovation

FutureLearn

The Open University

Managing Public Money (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership Business

Explore and understand how you can manage public money effectively to create and demonstrate value for citizens. Understand the key principles of public financial management. The public sector provides a wide range of important services to citizens, including healthcare, education, transport, policing, justice and defence. This online course, run in partnership with The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, introduces you to the main features of public sector financial management, in a way that allows you to apply them to your own context.

No sessions available

4 Weeks

Management Corruption Money

FutureLearn

EIT Food,University of Warsaw,EIT

Intellectual Property Management in the Food Sector: Safeguarding Your Trademarks in the Global Marketplace (FutureLearn)

Sci: Environment Business

Intellectual property is your company’s lifeblood. Learn what you need to do to safeguard it. Discover how to manage intellectual property in the food industry. Your company’s Intellectual Property (‘IP’) is one of your greatest assets, providing a powerful competitive advantage in the global marketplace. On this course, you’ll find out how to manage and safeguard your company’s IP. You’ll learn how to evaluate expected sources of problems, use patents and trademarks, and navigate the world of start-ups and SMEs.

Jan 2nd 2023

4 Weeks

Management Intellectual Property Trademark

FutureLearn

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)

AI for Legal Professionals (I): Law and Policy (FutureLearn)

Law

Explore the legal and policy issues surrounding the development and application of artificial intelligence. Discover the legal challenges posed by new AI technologies alongside top experts. From self-driving cars to virtual voice assistants, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has greatly increased in recent years. AI is making us question the way we think about society itself – and poses crucial legal, regulatory, ethical, and human rights challenges for lawyers and citizens alike.

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Artificial Intelligence Law Policy

FutureLearn

UNESCO UNITWIN Complex Systems Digital Campus

Systems Thinking and Complexity (FutureLearn)

Management & Leadership Personal and Professional Development

Learn how to use systems and complexity thinking to address a variety of social, managerial and policy problems. This free online course addresses the practical problems that arise in social systems in the context of management and public policy at local, regional and global levels. It is problem-oriented, providing you with both the theoretical understanding and practical tools, to find and implement solutions to organisational and social problems.

No sessions available

2 Weeks

Business Management Policy