e.g. at the INES conferences in Amsterdam (1996), Stockholm (2000) or through the INES ac-tivities at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg (2002).
Whereas it is often scientific paradigms that shape our perception of the world, the way we manage it happens mainly through technological structures, i.e. through a combination of scientific and engineering knowledge. Engineering is a closely interrelated but independent institutional structure to science, and a paradigm shift is as necessary here as it is in the scientific community. Given the fact that sustainability science understands itself as problem solving, science, engineering and design are competing for the role of the best problem solver, a competition that needs to be made fruitful for sustainable development.
The high relevance of military research should be an essential part in the discussion of science for sustainability. INES is an active part in the scientific and civil society coalition for abolishing nuclear weapons.
