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SUPPORTING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN ANALYSING SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF A PRODUCT: LESSONS LEARNED

Part of: Design Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

P. Lagun Mesquita  and
M. Missimer
P. Lagun Mesquita
Affiliation:
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
M. Missimer*
Affiliation:
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
*
*mis@bth.se

Abstract

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Though many engineering schools are integrating sustainability in the curriculum, most are still struggling, especially with social sustainability. The aim with this study was to test a process created to help students work systematically with these issues. Results show that students in the study did indeed benefit from structured process support as their general knowledge level of social sustainability issues as well as their understanding of how to integrate them in a product assessment was very low. Reflections from teaching staff on how to further develop such a process are also shared.

Keywords

social responsibilitydesign educationdesign learninglife cycle assessment (LCA)process analysis

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 1755 - 1764
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