Skills and competencies for the Engineer of 2030 to meet sustainability challenges

Klara Kövesi (1, 2) , Una Beagon (3) , Katriina Schrey-Niemenmaa (4) , Bente Nørgaard (5)

1 CRF - Centre de recherche sur la formation
2 ENSTA Bretagne_SHS - Département Sciences Humaines et Sociales ENSTA Bretagne
3 DIT - Dublin Institute of Technology
4 Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
5 AAU - Aalborg University [Denmark]

Industry 4.0 is upon us and it will have a profound impact on the employment landscape in the coming years. Society needs engineers who are adequately trained with the knowledge and skills to provide a secure, sustainable and successful Europe. To meet future societal challenges, engineers need new skills and ways of working. In this workshop we would like to answer the question; “What are the skills and competencies required of Engineers to enhance the sustainable development of our society?”

Keywords: Sustainable Development; Engineering skills; Engineers; Diversity; European Union; Gender

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Business administration

Klara Kövesi, Una Beagon, Katriina Schrey-Niemenmaa, Bente Nørgaard. Skills and competencies for the Engineer of 2030 to meet sustainability challenges. 46th SEFI Annual Conference, SEFI - Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs; Technical University of Denmark, Sep 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark. pp.1468-1469. ⟨hal-02095070⟩