Systems Engineering for Sustainable Development Goals: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1492
Special Issue Editor
Interests: systems engineering (SE); social systems engineering; applications of SE to SDG, e.g., eco-industrial parks, sustainable, and secure food supply, and sustainable use of natural resources; engineers’ education using project-based learning approaches and SE
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous upheavals in weather and health-related challenges have united the planet in unprecedented solidarity and appreciation for the unknown and the unseen. The variety of governmental and individual responses is evidence of our global lack of preparedness for such situations. A renewed appreciation for the importance of holistic and systemic thinking permeates both industry and academia. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) contain thematic areas that are relevant for reflection as the countries regroup, repair, and move forward.
Systems engineering is a discipline that goes beyond its initial advantages for creating complex technological systems. Domains such as health care, transportation, natural resource management, social economics, urban planning and governance recognize the value of applying systemic thinking and systems engineering practices to find solutions that go beyond band-aid symptomatic issues to address root cause fixes. Researchers have yet to find that ‘sweet spot’ of problem formulation that helps us avoid unintended consequences as we address the confluence of wicked problems identified in the SDG.
This Special Issue of Sustainability invites researchers and practitioners using systems engineering approaches to share their practices and findings as they address SDG thematic areas. We are looking for ways systems methods help mitigate and resolve socio-economic and natural environmental challenges, such as by engineering effective vaccines and medicines; personalizing education; managing anthropogenic climate change and waste generation; maintaining and improving urban infrastructures; and applying systems engineering to help shape resilient and trustworthy policies related to these and similar challenges. This Special Issue will highlight the most promising and innovative techniques for working toward and achieving the UN SDG.
Dr. Cecilia Haskins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- systems engineering (SE)
- applications of SE to UN Sustainable Development Goals
- social systems engineering
- enterprise systems engineering
