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

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

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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