Online Short Course: Sustainable, Social and Ethical Manufacturing

The webinar will be organized by Mondragon University, which is one of our partner universities.

The following topics will be delivered by experts in the short course

• Ethics, sustainability, and good vibes. Understanding the opportunities and responsibilities of being a purpose-driven organisation.
• Ethics, sustainability, and good vibes – From words to action. Management of ethics in the organisation despite the daily life
• Additive manufacturing as an eco-innovation tool
• Inclusive Design for an aging population
• Athlon Back Clinics
• Inclusive Design for an aging workforce

The course will be delivered by 5 speakers who are highly experienced in their respective fields and they will be your supervisors throughout the course

• Laida Sansebastian: Industrial Management Engineer (2000), entrepreneur and CEO of different owned companies in social fields for more than 15 years, Ph.D. in quality of life of the elderly (2019), and lecturer and researcher in the engineering faculty of Mondragon Unibertsitatea for the last 3 years, she holds the position of sustainable technology base entrepreneurship coordinator, an active member of APTES, Asociation of Social Technology and expert in humanistic organisations management models.
• Ivan Gonzalez Alonso: He graduated in engineering in industrial design and product development and master in strategic design of products and services. He has worked as a designer and product developer in companies such as Orona, Telefónica and the Loop Unique Companies consultancy. He has also worked as a teacher and researcher at Mondragon Unibertsitatea and at the University of Deusto in the areas of product design and mechanical design, in addition to participating in different projects in the creation of prototypes with the support of digital manufacturing technologies. Currently, he is the founder and project manager at BIRIBIL ECOLAB, a product design studio specializing in circular economy.
• Arantxa Gonzalez de Herediar: She is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Engineering at Mondragon Unibertsitatea. She holds a PhD in Aging and Inclusive Design. Her later work are focused on understanding diversity and integrating it during the different fases of the Human Centered Design process of new products and services.
• Company – Athlon Black Clinics: Athlon Back Clinics offer proven solutions to chronic or recurring back and neck pain. They have successfully treated thousands of people, they also have agreements with companies for the treatment of their employees’ conditions.

EIT Manufacturing Doctoral School

EIT Manufacturing (EITM) Doctoral School is part of EIT Manufacturing, a European association of leading Universities, industries and research centres linked to the manufacturing sector, with the aim of boosting the European manufacturing to become globally competitive and sustainable for the society. By bringing together the three sides of the ‘knowledge triangle’: business (large companies and SMEs), education institutions and research centres, EITM wants to increase the cooperation and integration between education, business and research.

The EIT Manufacturing (EITM) Doctoral School offers mobility, mentorship, networking, innovation & entrepreneurship, and business modules, to PhD students. Graduated EITM PhDs will be prepared to generate start-ups or to be leaders of innovation within manufacturing companies and ecosystem, contributing to European competitiveness and environmental sustainability.

Being immersed in the close-knit EITM community of leading researchers, industrials, and entrepreneurs, who are accustomed to producing high-impact science and practical innovations, PhD students have the possibility and the appropriate conditions to build a strong CV and a work ethic, which delivers results.

The value to students includes several dimensions: exposure to academia, exposure to the industry, mobility, Innovation and Entrepreneurship education, linked with research in manufacturing and societal challenge contextualization.

The EIT Manufacturing (EITM) Doctoral School Programme offers a wide range of activities, such as summer and winter schools, seminars, hackathons and other innovative pedagogical approaches. Company visits and professional networking opportunities are also included in the EITM Doctoral School portfolio. International academic and industrial exchanges and a final industrial-based thesis complete the Programme.

The students can personalize the study plan choosing among the annual offering of the EITM Doctoral School. At the end of the EITM Doctoral School programmes, the PhD students receive the EIT label certificate, as the international recognition of their high education quality achievement.