Robert Allen Goodrich Valderrama participated in the course "Workers' Rights in a Global Economy" from June to July 2015. The multi-disciplinary course was taught by academics and experts from the ILO and trade unions, and discussed global workers' rights and strategies for implementing them while providing both knowledge and practical skills. The Global Labour University is a network of trade unions, universities, and the ILO that delivers master's programs, and the Berlin School of Economics and Law is a German academic institution with expertise on labor issues as part of the GLU network.