About Us
Why SE4GD?
SE4GD – Software Engineers for Green Deal is the first and only software engineering programme that considers sustainability as the main goal of the software engineers.
Vision
- SE4GreenDeal programme aims to educate a new generation of software engineers that will emphasize the the sustainability of the software as well as the sustainability effects of software on society.
- Claim: Software is developed with no (or little) consideration on its effects
- Claim: Software is used with no (or little) consideration on the sustainability effects of it or through it
- Proposal: Sustainability should be considered as mandatory characteristics of the software product and effects related to software should be made visible so that consumers can select sustainable solutions..
- SE4GreenDeal programme educates
- Software engineers that will have sustainability mindset in addition to software engineering competencies
- Software engineers that consider sustainability as a vital characteristics of software
- Software engineers that are able to innovate, design and implement software solutions for different sustainability challenges
- Software engineers that realize the effects of their software solutions on the surrounding environment
- Graduates of SE4GreenDeal programme have a good basis on sustainable thinking and they are able to use their software engineering skills to develop sustainable software solutions to challenges in various domains.
Teaches the graduates to:
- Observe and recognize the needs and opportunities for sustainable development
- Analyze the found sustainability challenges
- Innovate solutions that fulfill the needs of the recognized challenges
- Design and implement solutions that provide sustainability effects
- Disseminate the solutions though utilizing and educating them to the people and society and thus engaging them to sustainable future
Emphasized competencies
- Sustainability mindset
- Understanding the environmental limitations
- Long-term vision, desire to change and courage to act
- Ability to identify needs and opportunities, Innovation and knowledge management, Life and lifestyle
- Understanding the cultural differences
- Software engineering tools and methods
- Professional knowledge
- Technical knowledge
- Teamwork
- End-user awareness
- Design solutions in context
