Society and Technology

18 Oct Position and Role of Engineers in Slovenia

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2009
In each society there have to be strong research programs and research divisions in the industrial sector. Only countries with high innovativeness can be successful. Development of products that are based on own research, patents and technological knowledge is crucial for a society based on knowledge. According to this, Slovenia needs a higher share, role and position of engineers and natural scientist. This has to be supported by tight cooperation of industry with research and academic sphere. In this collection there are articles of speakers at the conference “Position and Role of Engineers in Slovenia”, organised by the Slovenian Academy of Engineering.
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18 Oct Inspiring Women Engineers

Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng)
2009
This report highlights the need for diversity in the engineering profession in order to take full advantage of the potential talent available.  It outlines the work of the Royal Academy of Engineering in promoting diversity in both education and the engineering profession and summarises the Women into Science, Engineering and Construction (WISE) campaign.  The report also provides case studies of several UKERC ‘Women Engineers of Outstanding Achievement’ and case studies of various women participating in Academy schemes.
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18 Oct Slovenia: an Innovative Society without Engineers?

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2010
How to reach the aim of Slovenia being an innovative society, developing new value, basing on sustainable development, fostering national and intellectual property? Science and industry shell enable this with accelerated technological development. Science and technological development are the conditions for employment of population, competitiveness, export and positive state budget. In this collection there are articles of speakers at the conference “Slovenia: an Innovative Society without Engineers?”, organised by the Slovenian Academy of Engineering.
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18 Oct Part II of the book focuses on interdisciplinary evaluation of the development of the contemporary world in the context of globalisation

Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
2012
Four dominant processes have shaped the contemporary vision of the world; the first process was the one to change the distribution of power in global economy. The traditional division between the wealthy North and the poor South requires dramatic changes not only in its explanation, but also in what legitimises such a division in the first place, mainly because the so-called emerging markets are gaining importance within global economy. Furthermore, recent changes in global economy have been caused by the mechanisms other than those prevailing two or three decades ago, which since then have been considered as unquestionable paradigms of economic development. Apart from that, the financial sector has grown significantly so as to become the most powerful sector of economy in the last decades. This phenomenon is defined as the appearance of virtual economy, disconnected to a great extent from real economy. Such disconnectedness was the main factor in the last global economic crisis and growing national debts. Last but not least, due to (although not only) information revolution, economy has undergone rapid structural changes in the area of the sector of services, which is becoming the dominant sector in developed countries, both from the perspective of GDP and of employment.
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18 Oct Slovenia need a new Vision of Economic and Social Development (1 + 4 + 16 pages)

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2014
Slovenia is falling behind in technological development because of economic reasons as well as because technological intelligence has been left out from deciding on key questions on economic, predominantly industrial, and general society development. Slovenian Academy of Engineering has carried out consultations to point out, for the public and decision-makers, the inadequate state on different fields that are creating the present economic crisis. The position paper is divided in three parts: first, named “Initiative for New Industrial Development of Slovenia” is summarizing 7 propositions from the position paper. Second, named “Vision, Direction, Propositions” is dividing propositions in three main fields: industrial policy, education and research and is presenting together 17 propositions. Third part, named “Purpose of the Initiative and Propositions of Slovenian Academy of Engineering”, is further explaining propositions from first two parts. The position paper was distributed together with the Comparative Analysis of Higher Education, Research, Development, Innovations and Economy Achievements of Slovenia to relevant state institutions and other interested organisations.
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18 Oct STEM Careers Barometer

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)
2014
The STEM Careers Barometer is a Swiss study investigating several questions based on the sister study by the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). Its main objectives are to determine people’s motives for choosing or rejecting studies or a career in the STEM subjects, to gain insights into how students and those employed in STEM areas perceive their study routine or career progression, and to examine whether interest in studying STEM subjects at school has changed over the years. Any divergences from the results of the acatech study Career Barometer for Science and Engineering are also of interest. For this reason the concept and methods used in this study closely followed those of the acatech study. In the STEM Careers Barometer, three groups of people were surveyed in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland in summer 2012 by means of questionnaires. These groups were: school pupils at secondary stages I and II (N = 3,507), students of STEM disciplines, and also for comparison of economic sciences (N = 1,598), and people in employment, again predominantly in STEM areas (N = 945). Generally it can be stated that the results of the Swiss survey align with those of the German study in many areas.
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