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Dr EDGAR RODRIGUEZ HUERTA's Outputs (8)

Climate Change, Decent Work and Workers’ Health in Brazil: Theoretical Considerations (2025)
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Rodriguez Huerta, E., Leao, L., & Landmann, T. (in press). Climate Change, Decent Work and Workers’ Health in Brazil: Theoretical Considerations. Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional,

This paper explores the theoretical and conceptual nexus between climate change, workers’ health, decent work, human rights, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using the case of agricultural workers in Brazil. It posits the overall relat... Read More about Climate Change, Decent Work and Workers’ Health in Brazil: Theoretical Considerations.

The future of decent work: Forecasting heat stress and the intersection of sustainable development challenges in India's brick kilns (2024)
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Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Sparks, J. D., Foody, G. M., Girindran, R., Gosling, S., Trodd, Z., Bhriain, L. H., & Rodriguez-Huerta, E. (2024). The future of decent work: Forecasting heat stress and the intersection of sustainable development challenges in India's brick kilns. Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3272

The impacts of climate change-induced heat stress on workers are most prevalent in sectors with decent work deficits and this requires consideration for sustainable development. This paper focuses on the informal economy of brick kilns in India, a se... Read More about The future of decent work: Forecasting heat stress and the intersection of sustainable development challenges in India's brick kilns.

Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains (2024)
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Tichenor Blackstone, N., Battaglia, K., Rodríguez-Huerta, E., Bell, B. M., Decker Sparks, J. L., Cash, S. B., Conrad, Z., Nikkhah, A., Jackson, B., Matteson, J., Gao, S., Fuller, K., Zhang, F. F., & Webb, P. (2024). Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains. Nature Food, 5(10), 818–824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01048-0

The social dimension of sustainable diets, which addresses the impacts of food value chains on people, animals and communities, is under-represented in the food systems field. We present a definition of the social dimension of sustainable diets, clar... Read More about Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains.

Criminalizing survivors of modern slavery: the United Kingdom’s National Referral Mechanism as a border-making process (2024)
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Lumley-Sapanski, A., Rodriguez-Huerta, E., Schwarz, K., Nicholson, A., & Young, M. (2024). Criminalizing survivors of modern slavery: the United Kingdom’s National Referral Mechanism as a border-making process. Journal of Social Policy,

The United Kingdom’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is a framework for identifying potential victims of modern slavery (slavery, servitude, forced labour or human trafficking) and ensuring that they receive adequate care. This research explores di... Read More about Criminalizing survivors of modern slavery: the United Kingdom’s National Referral Mechanism as a border-making process.

Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply (2023)
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Blackstone, N. T., Rodríguez-Huerta, E., Battaglia, K., Jackson, B., Jackson, E., Benoit Norris, C., & Decker Sparks, J. L. (2023). Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply. Nature Food, 4(7), 596–606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00794-x

Social risk assessments and case studies of labour conditions in food production primarily focus on specific subpopulations, regions and commodities. To date, research has not systematically assessed labour conditions against international standards... Read More about Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply.