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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

2005

2ndFebruary

Engineers as honest brokers for sustainable development

Professor Roland Clift(Centre for Environmental Strategy, Surrey University)

9th February

Capacity building for sustainable development

Professor Leo Jansen(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

23rd February

Global warming and carbon capture, and political reality

Professor Andrew Palmer (Cambridge University)

2nd March

Trade, Environment and Development: Issues, linkages, challenges and opportunities

ProfessorPaul Ekins(Policy Studies Institute, London) 

16thMarch

Practical Sustainable Development: the challenge of long term strategy in day to day Government

Nick Mabey(The Prime Ministers Strategy Unit, London)

20th April

Information Technology for Sustainable Development

Professor Nazli Choucri (MIT,Technology and Development Program, U.S.A)

2005

DL2005

 

Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.

 

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