Engineers, Society, and Sustainability

Sarah Bell is a Chartered Engineer and academic staff member of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at University College London. She began her career as a process and environmental engineer at an aluminium smelter in Australia before completing her PhD in Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University. She taught sustainable agriculture and land management at the University of Sydney before moving to UCL where she teaches engineering history, environmental systems engineering and an introduction to engineering for liberal arts students. Her research focuses on the interactions between society and technology as they impact on sustainability, with particular focus on urban water systems.

• The Origins of Sustainability.- Ecological Modernisation.- Environmental Ethics.- Society and Technology.- Engineering Consumption.- Sustainable Urban Water Systems.- Engineering, Technology and Ethics.- Conclusion.