Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Economic Growth and Decent Work For All

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Lotta Dellve Sharon Fonn

Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8

Economic Growth and Decent Work For All

Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Köhlin , Katrin Skagert

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English

Routledge
21 March 2025

Development studies; Poverty & unemployment; Labour economics; Development economics; Environmental economics

Series: Environment for Development

This book brings together knowledge on how to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8, to bring societal change through sustainable economic growth and decent work for all by 2030.

At its core is the great challenge of achieving economic growth without compromising the environment, while ensuring respect for fundamental human rights, and in particular the right to employment with equal and safe work conditions. This book provides a critical analysis of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 in the 2030 Agenda, its targets and indicators, to reveal biases, tensions and contradictions that need to be addressed to achieve this goal and to guide policymaking. The role and potential of academia to contribute to achieving this SDG is scrutinized. Chapters examine and assess specific targets for SDG 8, which includes policies, resource efficiency, youth employment, child labour and sustainable tourism. Higher education institutions’ tools for capacity building are presented, examining how education and academic research can play a role in achieving the SDG 8 targets. Overall, this book offers a synthesis of how research and higher education can make a difference in achieving a complex SDG.

This book will be of great interest to academics and professionals working on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and can be used as a policymaking guide for 2030 and beyond.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Edited by: Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Köhlin, Katrin Skagert
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032624709
ISBN 10: 1032624701
Series: Environment for Development
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lotta Dellve is a Professor in Work science at the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Professor in Ergonomics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Sharon Fonn is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and guest professor in Global Sustainable Development, focusing on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all (SDG 3) at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Gunnar Köhlin is Director of the Environment for Development Initiative and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Katrin Skagert holds a PhD in Public Health and Community Medicine from the University of Gothenburg and is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Work Science at Gothenburg University.