Nordic Post-Graduate Sustainable Design and Engineering Research from a Supervisor Perspective

摘要: The multi- and interdisciplinary field of sustainable product innovation is rapidly expanding as an arena for scientific research. Universities in Nordic countries can be considered exponent this type research, with active research groups in, among others, Goteborg, Helsinki, Lund, Lyngby, Linkoping Trondheim. In the context a Nordforsk funded project, seven second generation PhD supervisors from these universities, who have been many years, discuss funding, publication, traditions, education supervision practices related to field. A number recommendations improve current are made, including mapping currently existing differences different academic institutions, studying cross-over learning effects between academica non-academic partners, development ‘quality indicators’ SPI domain.