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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

CAROLINE ANDREA BAILLIE, PhD

Caroline Baillie is a professor within the Department of Integrated Engineering and academic director of MESH – MS Engineering, Sustainability and Health. Her main area of expertise is engineering as it relates to social justice.

and practices into classrooms of all ages, in order to facilitate the transformation to a more equitable and just future. In her spare time, Professor Baillie runs the Standing People Together program of Waste for Life, which includes the Standing People Forest Exploratorium: forest-based retreats, forest schools for children and

In order to practice what she preaches, Professor Baillie co-founded the nonprofit Waste for Life organization in 2006, to share her materials engineering knowledge in support of vulnerable communities wishing to develop upcycled waste-based businesses. She also co founded ESJP – the Engineering, Social Justice and Peace network, in 2004. Professor Baillie’s research considers socio-technical processes and systems that enhance social and environmental justice, and educational systems that promote these. She brings lessons learnt from these studies

professional development for teachers; and Standing People Staging, which produces original shows to bring critical social issues to the awareness of audiences. Professor Baillie has published 28 scholarly books, an edited Springer book series on Engineers, Technology and Society , and more than 250 book chapters, peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Her most recent book, Reimagining Engineering Education , was published in October 2025.

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