Aula Aberta “Dignity at Work: Implications for Career Development Practice, Policy, and Research”

Decorre no dia 15 de outubro, pelas 14h00m, na Sala 4.4 da Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra, uma aula aberta intitulada “Dignity at Work: Implications for Career Development Practice, Policy, and Research”, proferida pelo Prof. David Blustein do Departamento de Psicologia do Aconselhamento, Desenvolvimento e da Educação do Boston College, USA, no âmbito do Mestrado em Psicologia da Educação, Desenvolvimento e Aconselhamento.

O Professor David Blustein é uma autoridade de renome mundial no domínio da Psicologia Vocacional, sendo autor de uma vasta obra publicada nas melhores revistas da especialidade, nomeadamente no Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Career Assessment e Career Development Quarterly. É de destacar igualmente a publicação livros The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy (2006; Routledge), The Oxford Handbook of the psychology of working (2012, Oxford University Press) e The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Work Experience in America” (2019, Oxford University Press).

David L. Blustein is a Professor and the Golden Eagle Faculty Fellow in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at Boston College. Prof. Blustein is the author of The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy and The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Experience of Work in America. He has been instrumental in developing psychology of working theory, which represents an inclusive and social justice-informed perspective on the role of work in people's lives and in their communities. Prof. Blustein has contributed numerous articles and book chapters on psychology of working theory, unemployment, career development/counseling, psychotherapy, decent work, dignity at work, precarious work, relationships and work, social class, race, and other aspects of contemporary working. He also has consulted with national and international organizations, such as the International Labor Organization, OECD, and the United Nations Development Program