Category: Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development. Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools particularly for women and girls. Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. For example, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys, but few countries have achieved that target at all levels of education.

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A Sustainability Education Dilemma: Is a better environment worth a worse economy?

Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, Manufacturing, Product Design and Development

This paper shows a student project using bamboo instead of aluminum in vehicle design. It highlights both the benefits for sustainability and the technical and economic challenges, stressing the need for life cycle assessment in

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THE AI-DRIVEN REENGINEERING OF LEGISLATIVE AND POSTAL SYSTEMS: Streamlining Collective Intelligence Towards Sustainable Development

Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Engineering Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Research & Analysis

This paper presents “Democratic Ergonomics,” where AI and citizen feedback close gaps in legislative systems. The goal is to make governments more efficient, accountable, and able to get all SDGs back on track. The UN

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Data-Driven Solutions for MSW Material Composition Prediction: Bridging Industrial Engineering and Sustainability

Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Information Engineering, Operations Engineering & Management

Using machine learning, this study predicts waste composition by county to improve recycling and waste-to-energy planning. It also builds the first open dataset to help governments and educate the public on better waste habits. According

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THE AI-DRIVEN REENGINEERING OF LEGISLATIVE AND POSTAL SYSTEMS: Streamlining Collective Intelligence Towards Sustainable Development

Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Engineering Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Information Engineering, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Engineering & Management

This paper introduces “Democratic Ergonomics,” using AI and feedback systems to make governments more accountable and efficient. The idea is to close gaps in legislation so all SDGs can move forward faster and cheaper. The

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Big Data as Sustainable Educational Key to a Waste-Free Future

Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Manufacturing, Operations Engineering & Management

Big Data helps companies spot patterns and improve processes fast. It makes supply chains and energy use more efficient, lowers carbon impact, and supports sustainable goals through better decisions. How can we reconcile economic growth

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ISE’s natural link to a sustainable future – Problem Solved Podcast

Educational Services, Engineering Economic Analysis, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, General, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, News, Operations Engineering & Management, System Design & Engineering

Engineering for One Planet (EOP) is an initiative supported by The Lemelson Foundation to promote sustainable engineering practices and integrate sustainability into engineering education. Cindy Anderson is founder and CEO of Alula Consulting and a

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Sustainable Education Tools: A Calculator for the Emissions of Greenhouse Effect Compounds

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Abstract: This paper describes the use of a calculator for the emissions of Greenhouse Effect Compounds as Sustainable Education Tool, using the case of a major Mexican Transnational company. In 2012 the Climate Change General Law

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Food Systems Projects Between Schools and Nonprofits – IISE SDD Webinar

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, System Design & Engineering

The following webinar was hosted by the IISE Sustainable Development Division, as part of their mission to help align Industrial and Systems Engineers with organizations working on the UN Sustainable Development goals. Watch the video,

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Sustainable Development Division Call for Papers for 2020 Conference in New Orleans

Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Call for AbstractsSustainable Development Track2020 IISE Annual Conference & ExpoHyatt Regency New OrleansNew Orleans, LAMay 30 – June 1, 2020Deadline for abstract submission is November 8, 2019Abstract SubmissionConference Site Dear Colleagues: We invite you to

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Mission Imaginable: Putting ISE principles to work in Haiti

Educational Services, Engineering Economic Analysis, Environmental Engineering, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Engineering & Management

Purdue University graduate Lauren Neder moved to Haiti to help navigate cultural and logistical challenges at Imagine Missions school, and help establish multiple programs to address sustainability in the island nation. Her background in Industrial

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