P13 EPD: Hållbarhet i produktutveckling #02 ONLINE

Kursen ges på engelska.

The course is part 2 of the 20 HEC four-module-PhD course on Engineering Product Development (EPD). Please refer to: The Product Development Academy (PDA), Sweden

Target group

Professionals and PhD candidates who want to increase their knowledge about how various sustainability aspects relate to Engineering Product Development

Prerequisites

MSc in Engineering or similar.

Fee for industrial members

7 500 SEK

Aim

Societal and industrial activities call for a need to relate research and practice on Engineering Product Development to the pressing issues of sustainable development. In this course, we will address how various sustainability aspects relate to Engineering Product Development and focus on why, how and when sustainability needs to be integrated and implemented in the product development activities.

Content

The course will include lectures, literature seminars, and a written assignment. A number of pressing themes relating to Sustainable Development will be addressed and through the seminars and assignment these will be reflected upon in relation to their criticality for society and connection to the field of Engineering Design and Product Development. The connection to each PhD student’s own research will also be addressed.

Planned themes are:

1. Sustainable product development & Ecodesign
2. Social sustainability
3. Circular Economy/Sustainable business models.

In addition, the basics of Sustainable Development will be addressed.

At the end of the course participants are expected to write a course paper where they relate their own research to literature on sustainable product development. The paper shall be presented at the third meeting and each participant must also act as “opponent” of another participant’s paper.

Dates

Next course start spring 2021 (if >8 participants).