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Research areas

From 1 September 2016, the activities of the Research Centre of FTU in Namur are progressively transferred to the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), in the framework of a new Chair Labour-University. Reasearch projects will be continued and developed in this new institutional context.

Changes in work and social relations

Work and employment in the digital economy.
Technological and organisational innovation, and changes in work.
Evolution of occupations.
Quality of work and employment.
Working time reduction and redistribution of employment.
Transformation of trade union action and trade union renewal .

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Work and generations

The relationships to work of different generations.
Ageing at work
Youth and work, youth integration in the labour market and society.
Labour market, ageing and occupational changes.

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Gender and work

Women and atypical employment.
Gender, ageing and working conditions.
Gender and working time.
Women in technological occupations.
Gender inequalities in information technology and new digital media.

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Exclusion and inclusion in the information society

Digital divide and inequalities in Internet usage.
Construction of digital skills.
Youth and digital technologies.
Policies against the digital divide and for digital inclusion.

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Technology and society

Social issues of science and technology, technology assessment.
Interfaces between research and society.

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