Aligning Engineering Education for Sustainable Development through Governance: The Case of the International Center for Engineering Education in China

Huimin Chen (), Sunyu Wang and Yue Li
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Huimin Chen: College of Humanities and Law, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Sunyu Wang: International Center for Engineering Education under the Auspices of UNESCO (ICEE), Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Yue Li: School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: Engineering education plays a key role in the progress toward achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, engineering education faces many challenges worldwide, and the issues are becoming increasingly complicated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. To deal with these challenges and achieve the SDGs by 2030, governance that aligns engineering education and SDGs is badly needed. The International Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) has taken a series of governance actions to align engineering education and sustainable development. This research presents the contribution of these governance actions, analyzes the governance types and their relevance to the SDGs, and explores the key mechanisms of these governance actions and challenges. This research can provide useful information for the global community to understand China’s participation in global engineering-educational governance and promote engineering education for sustainable development.

Keywords: engineering education; global governance; sustainable development; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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