The engineering community has a major role to play when it comes to tackling these challenges. After two centuries of technical progress, economic growth, new infrastructures and various land management policies, engineers have never been under such pressure to embrace an ethical approach to the living world, learn how to see the world through different eyes and radically change their practices to improve habitability.
How should academia overhaul its training programmes to produce a new breed of engineers? What other disciplines can help the engineering community address climate change? How can we take advantage of the aspirations nurtured by the young generation of engineers and harness their sensitivity to social and ecological issues to transform our organisations and lifestyles?
After a roadshow taking in the six engineering schools within the INSA Group, which is actively fostering dialogue between current and future engineers, this white paper not only provides an overview of their discussions and feedback, but also encourages interested parties to take a more critical and constructive approach when defining the foundations of a profession with an increasingly important role to play in tomorrow's world.
Editorial written by:
Thierry Covelo, Director of HR Development,
Inclusion and Diversity at VINCI
Christian Nibourel, Chairman of the INSA Foundation
Rodolphe Le Blevenec, President of the INSA Students' Association
Océane Lannoy, an INSA materials engineer
specialising in eco-design,
life cycle assessments and bio-based products
