Imaginary and socio-ecological prospective scenarios

Context

This educational module was created as part of the European SUSEE project, which aims to pool and share educational content on socio-ecological issues, primarily targeting engineering students. Various educational formats have been created to support this project. To find out more about SUSEE: https://susee-project.eu/news/

UTC (Compiègne University of Technology) is a partner in this programme and is seeking to develop online resources in sustainable engineering for engineering training. These teaching resources will also enrich existing course content at UTC, such as IS00 ‘Introduction to environmental issues for engineers’.

In this context, Sarah Nguyen, a graduate of UTC and trainer specialising in socio-ecological issues, and Yacine Baouch, a mechanical engineering lecturer at UTC, worked together for several months in 2025 to design an educational module on the theme of prospective scenarios for ecological transition and their implications in terms of engineering. This work is part of a desire to equip students with questions and reflections on socio-ecological crises by mobilising their imaginations and foresight with a view to opening up desirable, sustainable and achievable horizons in the fields of engineering.

Content available

An online module, to be taken independently, in French and English, entitled 'Imaginary scenarios and socio-ecological prospective scenarios: why should these issues be incorporated into an engineering approach?’ is available via Scenarii.

It is accompanied by an annotated bibliography and a teaching kit containing worksheets for facilitating participatory workshops related to the issues covered in the module.

Contributors and terms of use and sharing

The sponsor of this project is Yacine Baouch, lecturer and researcher in mechanical engineering at UTC and co-leader of the IS00 course ‘Introduction to environmental issues for engineers’. Sarah Nguyen carried out most of the research, documentation and writing for this module. Deepl was used to help translate this module in English.

All documents published as part of this module are licensed under CC-BY-SA: Sarah Nguyen and Yacine Baouch

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