1  The growing importance of online meetings

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This course is a response to the changing nature of work where rapid technological developments have enabled an increase in remote and flexible working patterns in many sectors. With COVID-19 these working patterns intensified for many organisations and remain, to a greater or lesser extent, a routine feature of day-to-day working lives for many people.

At the same time, the globalisation of business has had an impact on the promotion of gender equity in the workplace through, for example, increased opportunities for women. However, existing research indicates that gender unequal practices continue to constrain those opportunities. For example, whilst there is an increased prominence of gender equity in workplace policy across Europe, there remains a lack of consideration of other inequalities that can and do intersect with gender. The integration of these concerns with a focus on digital work environments is a new and important area of attention. To this end, this course aims to shine a light on the ways in which digital videoconferencing innovations can be used to support or resist gender inequity at work.