Engineering studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social sciences and humanities devoted to the study of engineers and their activities, often considered a part of science and technology studies (STS), and intersecting with and drawing from

engineering education research Engineering education research is the field of inquiry that creates knowledge which aims to define, inform, and improve the education of engineers. It achieves this through research on topics such as: epistemology, policy, assessment, pedagogy, div ...

. Studying engineers refers among other to the history and the sociology of their profession, its institutionalization and organization, the social composition and structure of the population of engineers, their training, their trajectory, etc. A subfield is for instance Women in engineering. Studying engineering refers to the study of engineering activities and practices, their knowledge and ontologies, their role into the society, their engagement. Engineering studies investigates how social, political, economical, cultural and historical dynamics affect technological research, design, engineering and innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, economics, politics and culture. Engineering studies's mission is to further develop many different aspects of studies of engineers and engineering, it investigates in areas such as: history, culture, polity etc. These studies will have influence on world's engineering level and productivity. Which it provides information and scholar resources for researchers who's interested in studies of engineers and engineering. Also, engineering studies provides a platform for engineering studies research to be reviewed and discussed.

Subfields and related fields

* History of engineering *Sociology of engineers * Women in engineering *Engineering ethnography *Engineering culture and representation * Design studies *Social study of engineering sciences *Engineering in society and political study of engineering *Organizational studies of engineers and engineering *Critical approach and philosophy of engineering *

Engineering education Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any advanced education and specializations that ...

Engineering ethics Engineering ethics is the field of system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession. As a scholarly discipline, it is ...

Science and Technology Studies Science and technology studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts. History Like most interdisciplinary fie ...

Social construction of technology Social construction of technology (SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists—argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action ...

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Social shaping of technology According to Robin A. Williams and David Edge (1996), "Central to social shaping of technology (SST) is the concept that there are choices (though not necessarily conscious choices) inherent in both the design of individual artifacts and systems, ...

Technological change Technological change (TC) or technological development is the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes.From ''The New Palgrave Dictionary otechnical change by S. Metcalfe. •biased and biased techno ...

*Sociology of innovation * History of technology *(Constructive)

Technology Assessment Technology assessment (TA, German: , French: ) is a scientific, interactive, and communicative process that aims to contribute to the formation of public and political opinion on societal aspects of science and technology. This is a means of as ...

Concepts

Journals

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International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (IJESJP)
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Associations

The International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)Society for the History of the TechnologySociety for Philosophy and TechnologySociety for the Social Study of Science (4S)European Society for the Study of Science and TechnologySociété d'Anthropologie des ConnaissancesEngineering, Social Justice, and Peace network

References

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* Bijker, Wiebe, Thomas Hughes & Trevor Pinch (eds.) (1987). ''The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology'' Cambridge MA/London:

MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962. History The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...

. * Bijker, Wiebe & John

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(eds.) (1994). ''Shaping Technology / Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series). * Downey, Gary Lee (1998) ''The Machine in Me: An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers''. Routledge. * Downey, Gary Lee & Kacey Beddoes (eds) (2011) ''What is Global Engineering Education For? The Making of International Educators''. Morgan and Claypool Publishers. * Hughes, Thomas (1983) ''Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930'', Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. *Jasanoff, Sheila, Gerald Markle, James Petersen &

Trevor Pinch Trevor J. Pinch (1 January 1952 – 16 December 2021) was a British sociologist, part-time musician and chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University. In 2018, he won the J.D. Bernal Prize from the Society for ...

(eds.) (1994). ''Handbook of Science and Technology Studies''. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. * Latour, Bruno (1987). ''Science in action: How to follow scientists and engineers through society''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. * MacKenzie, Donald & Judy Wajcman (eds.) (1999). ''The Social Shaping of Technology: How the Refrigerator Got Its Hum,'' Milton Keynes, Open University Press. *MacKenzie, Donald (1996). ''Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series). *Restivo, Sal (ed.) (2005), ''Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia''. New York: Oxford. * Rip, Arie, Thomas J. Misa & Johan Schot (eds) (1995). ''Managing Technology in Society: The approach of Constructive Technology Assessment'' London/NY: Pinter. *Rosenberg, Nathan (1994) ''Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics and History'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Vinck, Dominique (2003). ''Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and innovation''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.

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