Reminder: Call for papers. Locating Engineers: Education, Knowledge, Desire International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) Workshop Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA September 10-13, 2006 Deadline for manuscript proposals: December 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2006 Deadline for completed draft manuscripts: July 1, 2006

INES workshop website: www.inesworkshop.sts.vt.edu

Reform in engineering education has become an object of intense interest and desire in countries throughout the world. What is at stake in the contents of education for engineers, and for whom?

This first workshop of the International Network for Engineering Studies (INES), sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Virginia Tech, will bring together researchers on the history, social and cultural studies, and philosophy of engineering education to address these questions by placing them in wider historical and cultural contexts.

How have the social, political, and epistemological issues involved in locating engineers varied across space and time? What have been key struggles in different countries? What have been the implications of outcomes in engineering education for emerging national identities as well as transnational projects ranging from industrial capitalism to globalization? What have been the implications of engineering education for emerging sciences and technologies? What relations have emerged between what counts as engineering and who counts as engineers, including disproportionate demographic distributions by race and sex?

This three-day workshop will employ a unique format of focused discussion around 16-18 previously-drafted papers in order both to bring together researchers working on these topics in different countries and to identify critical issues and opportunities for further research. The workshop will provide travel subsidies and defray local expenses for participants contributing manuscripts. The NSF award includes travel and local expenses for up to four Ph.D. students from other U.S. institutions, including students who are not contributing manuscripts but would otherwise benefit from attending, and with special encouragement to students from underrepresented minorities.

Plans for dissemination include a coordinated set of publications in 3-4 journals, web-based video/audio streaming and transcripts to inform scholars not able to participate, and an edited book collection.

See the workshop website for more detailed information: www.inesworkshop.sts.vt.edu.

The International Network for Engineering Studies was born in August 2004 in Paris, France, and currently has more than 160 members. The organization has three purposes: (a) to advance research in historical, social, cultural, and philosophical studies of engineers and engineering; (b) to build a visible international community of researchers interested in engineering studies; and (c) to draw upon research in engineering studies to contribute to public discussions and debates about engineering education and policy.

INES expects to hold a second workshop in Taiwan in Fall 2007 around the topic of engineers and the workplace and a third workshop in Portugal in Fall 2008 (prior to SHOT 2008) around the topic of engineers and technology.

INES members also work collaboratively within and between existing professional societies to advance work in engineering studies.

An INES website is forthcoming.

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