Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: A sustainable world must be a peaceful world, or it will not be. Engineers in the twenty-first century need to be more than providers of technical solutions, they also need to play an active role in peacebuilding efforts and contribute to diplomacy. This paper discusses the importance of developing peace engineering programs to educate global engineers with the attitudes, hard and soft skills, and knowledge necessary to work in the complex and challenging context of human development in their lifetime. There is an urgent need to develop an international community of practice in peace engineering and engineering diplomacy. The engineering profession must contribute to a culture of peace and take the lead in developing a peace-industrial complex.
Source: Sustainability
DOI: 10.3390/su11205646
Author: Bernard Amadei
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,722
OpenAlex ID: W2980022679