Sustainability competence and mindset is necessary if we want to educate engineers for the future, and ensure that they are equipped with knowledge, competences, and values needed to transform society towards sustainability. It is common to hear that Technology and Science are fundamental to solving sustainability challenges and problems. However, knowledge and competences are handicapped without the integration of sustainability values and without a whole system approach when developing sustainable solutions. That said, the mission of the SIG on Sustainability is to use sustainability principles, competence, and transformative mindsets, as catalysts to create awareness, engagement, and action towards a more sustainable engineering education among the SEFI community.
The main objectives are:
- Establish a network of students, educators, practicing engineers, and other stakeholders, who want to develop further the integration of sustainability in engineering education;
- Stimulate discussions and debates about the state of the art of educating engineers for sustainability, and how to move forward.
- Share experiences, practices, resources, lessons learned, and research outputs, in education for sustainability, and in leading change towards sustainability education.
The activities to achieve the proposed objectives are:
- Organize, or support the organization of, themed workshops at the SEFI Annual Conference
- Co-organised joint activities with other SIG groups, namely SIG on Ethics, such as the Ethics Spring School
- Organize online activities, such thematic workshops, debates, seminars.
- Create an open directory for members interested in share more about themselves and interests in sustainability
- Periodically, disseminate events, resources, and knowledge related to education for sustainability through SEFI monthly newsletter.
- Promote collaboration among engineering education community and institutions by facilitating joint research initiatives (e.g., joint articles, comparative studies, projects)
SIG SUS Updates
S.E.E. Earth: Sustainability Engineering Education for one Earth – April – public event
Date: 22 April 2025
Time: 11:00 – 13:00 (CEST) and 11:00 – 13:00 (MDT) Please note that this event is organised in two parts for two different timezones.
Local: online
Description: Join us to celebrate the international earth day and share knowledge, practices, experiences and resources in educating engineers for sustainability.
Download the programme here
Contact person: Aida Guerra (ag@plan.aau.dk)
Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/gJegJViRGB
SIG Junior initiative – May (only for SEFI members)
Date: 27 May 2025
Time: 15:00 – 16:00 (CEST)
Local: online
Description: New initiative led by the young members of the SIG. The network offers space to share research ideas, discuss challenges and methods, present ongoing work, and connect around common themes. It also aims to inspire small joint projects that could be developed annually, such as SEFI articles or workshops. More information in this document.
Contact persons: Julia Sundman (julia.sundman@aalto.fi) and Gillian Guerne (gillian.guerne@leuphana.de)
Register here: https://forms.gle/JVJAi8fci5UrQFX56
SIG Spring General Meeting – June – (only for SEFI members)
Date: 13 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST)
Description: SIG would like to invite its members for its general spring meeting. The meeting will be held online, and its main purpose is sharing the present year action plan, inform of progress and open for sharing ideas and eventual new initiatives.
Contact person(s): Aida Guerra (ag@plan.aau.dk) and Andre Baier (andre.baier@tu-berlin.de)
Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/KYqfVjPcNz
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