Demographic Analysis, Employment, Health and Territory

Code:

POST09

Acronym:

ADEST

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Psychology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPSIC	8	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2021	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The purpose of this CU is to encourage the development of the capacity for reflection and critical analysis based on the configurations of employment in contemporary societies and their segmentation, according to different socio-demographic characteristics, and not seldom reproducing social asymmetries to which it is important to give visibility and promote debate. 

Different conceptual frameworks about the labour market, employment (sub)systems will be addressed, not losing sight of the concrete realities, i.e. specific work situations and their territorial embedding. The aim is to promote the analysis of different activity sectors, understanding both their demographic traits and their territorial expression; as well as the analysis of their traits - in terms of health impacts, and in terms of public action, in the construction of processes that contribute to their recognition and the creation of a response that integrates the point of view of the protagonists of such territories.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this curricular unit the students should be able to:
- Know and understand the dynamic inter-relations between age, gender, employment and health, and the social determinants of their inequalities;
- Understand the importance of knowledge on the evolution of employment systems and subsystems for the work psychologist’s intervention, namely, in relation to ageing at and by work;
- know and understand the main health-disease indicators and analyse their several dimensions: social, economic, demographic and territorial;
- Produce analyses and thoughtful reflections for addressing the issues under consideration;
- Organize with clarity, accuracy and consistency the argumentation and justification of the theoretical and methodological options taken in different situations;
- Foster the ability of self-criticism and the apprehension of the standpoint of different interlocutors implied in these analyses.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Dialectic relation between demographic changes of the (un)employed population, and the public policies drawn; the evolutions of employment configurations and the workers’ status, and the conditions under which it can be assumed in different sectors

2. The theoretical analysis frameworks of the labor market in industrialized economies, stressing the contribution of other social sciences, beyond economic science

3. The evolution of the Portuguese employment systems, highlighting the regional and sectoral specificities in view of local development

4. Analysis of different impacts of work on health, in the course of the professional path, constrasting their processes of recognition; and discussing the inequalities produced in different territorial constellations

5. Theoretical and methodological developments in the study of ageing at and by work;

6. Discussion of new forms of territorial management and multi-actor coordination, in view of setting commitments between global and local.

Mandatory literature

Bartoli, H. ; Repenser le développement. , Paris : UNESCO, 1999
Becker, G. S.; The human capital: a theorical and empirical analysis with special reference to education., Columbia University Press., 1964
Bessa, N. & Lacomblez, M. ; Endiguer le travail du temps de travail sur la santé: un débat de normes et de valeurs dans l’aménagement des horaires postés, Octarès, 2012 (In François Hubault (Coord.), Y a-t-il un âge pour travailler ? )
Boyer, R. ; Théorie de la régulation: une analyse critique. , La découverte., 1986
Counil E., & Henry E.; Is It Time to Rethink the Way We Assess the Burden of Work-Related Cancer? Current Epidemiology Reports, 6(2), 138-147., 2019
Dray, G.; Livro Verde sobre as Relações Laborais, Lisboa: MTSS., 2016
International Labour Organization; Safety and health at the heart of the future of work, Geneva: ILO, 2019. ISBN: 978-92-2-133152-0
Lopes, A.S.; Desenvolvimento regional, Gulbenkian, 2001
Lacomblez, M.; Enjeux pour la santé. In P. Desmarez, M. Alaluf, & M. Stroobants, Mesures et démesures du travail (pp. 179-184)., Bruxelles : Université de Bruxelles., 2012
Piore, M. & Berger, S.; Dualism and discontinuity in industrial societies. , Cambridge University Press., 1980
Ramos, S. & Lacomblez, M. ; Envelhecimento, trabalho e cognição: 80 anos de investigação, Laboreal, 1, (1), 52-60, 2005 (http://laboreal.up.pt/revista/artigo.php?id=48u56oTV65822342746:64:472)
Reis, J. ; Ensaios de economia impura. , Almedina, 2007
Risak, M., & Dullinger, T. ; The concept of ‘worker’ in EU law., Brussels: ETUI., 2018
Rodrigues, M. J.; O sistema de emprego em Portugal., Publicações Dom Quixote., 1988

Complementary Bibliography

Ferrão, J.; O Ordenamento do Território como Política Pública, Lisboa: FCG., 2011
Henry E. ; Ignorance scientifique et inaction publique. Les politiques de santé au travail., Paris: Presses de Sciences Po., 2017
Molinié, A-F., Gaudart, C., & Pueyo, V.; La vie professionnelle : âge, expérience et santé à l'épreuve des conditions de travail., Toulouse: Octarès., 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures. Research of statistical data related to the topics of the discipline. Meetings and debates with institutional/key actors from sectors of economic activity. Fieldwork and guidance/mentoring. Online Resources.

The presentation of theoretical frameworks, temporally and geographically situated, fosters, on the one hand, the reflection during the course about the influence of history and context dimensions on employment configurations and, on the other hand, the debate about the inequalities that are (re)produced.

The contact with concrete work situations – embodied in a certain sector and on a particular scale of analysis, with data collection and their evolution over time – and the contact with key actors and collective entities in each context, allows the construction of a research path, whose criteria for the selection and analysis of information emerge from knowledge of the "real work" and are therefore not extrinsic to it.

The appropriation and integration of different perspectives and methodological proposals will be consolidated by the reading of reference texts; practical exercises of individual and collective reflection, in the class context; and by the work done in real context. 

 

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences
Social sciences > Sociology
Social sciences > Demography
Social sciences > Geography
Social sciences > Economics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Exame	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	38,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to verification of attendance. Students who miss more than 25% of predicted classes will not be subject to assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

In the evaluation are weighted the following components:
- Practical work undertaken within classes: a critical synthesis of questions to be posed to invited actors, who are active in public institutions that intervene in the regulation of labour (both working and employment conditions), and in the guarantee of social protection - 20%
- Field work (in group) and its presentation in class - 40%
- Final exam (theoretical reflection) (5 pag.) - 40%

Failing to accomplish one of the components implies a zero classification in that particular component. The minimum score required is 8 values in all components.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

 

 

Classification improvement

The review or improvement of classification are limited to components which by their nature are repeatable and, therefore, allow the revaluation initially assigned.

Observations

Special situations concerning the evaluation will be discussed with the teaching team at the beginning of the UC.