Objectives

The objectives of IJCE are to establish an effective channel of communication between academic and research institutions, industry communities, government agencies and persons concerned with the complex nature of collaborative engineering in the design and manufacture of technical systems. It also aims to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research and development in the promising paradigm of Engineering as Collaborative Negotiation (ECN) as a new scientific foundation for collaborative engineering.

The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers, and to meet the needs of global collaboration, which has become ubiquitous due to modern communication and information technologies. IJCE promotes fundamental pedagogical and technological changes in the current way of thinking, and accelerates paradigm shifts in engineering research, education and application.

Readership

IJCE provides a vehicle to help engineering academics, researchers, educators, practitioners and decision makers working in the fields of design, manufacturing, product development, system engineering, technology management and training to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work. Social science professionals who are interested in socio-technical interaction, management scholars, behavioural researchers and decision scientists in the fields of team organisation and decision making will also find IJCE relevant.

Contents

IJCE publishes original papers, review articles, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries and news. Special Issues devoted to important research and development topics related to collaborative engineering will occasionally be published.