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{{Short description|Academic field}}
{{About|the field of research that studies engineering practice|how engineering is studied by people becoming engineers|Engineering education}}
{{About|the field of research that studies engineering practice|how engineering is studied by people becoming engineers|Engineering education}}
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'''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|science and technology studies (STS)]], and intersecting with and drawing from [[engineering education research]]. 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''' 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|science and technology studies (STS)]], and intersecting with and drawing from [[engineering education research]]. 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 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.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1995-07-12|title=Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise|url=https://www.nap.edu/read/4933/chapter/4|language=en|doi=10.17226/4933|isbn=978-0-309-05284-9|last1=Engineering|first1=National Academy of|last2=Research|first2=Committee on Academic Engineering}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=test20#.VNYdeLCG8zs|title=Engineering Studies|website=www.tandfonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>


== Subfields and related fields ==
== Subfields and related fields ==
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*[[History of engineering]]
*[[History of engineering]]
*[[Sociology of engineers]]
*Sociology of engineers
*[[Women in engineering]]
*[[Women in engineering]]
*[[Engineering ethnography]]
*Engineering ethnography
*[[Engineering culture]] and [[Social representation|representation]]
*Engineering culture and [[docial representation|representation]]
*[[Design studies]]
*[[Design studies]]
*[[Social study of engineering sciences]]
*Social study of engineering sciences
*[[Engineering in society]] and political study of engineering
*Engineering in society and political study of engineering
*[[Organizational studies of engineers and engineering]]
*Organizational studies of engineers and engineering
*Critical approach and [[philosophy of engineering]]
*Critical approach and [[philosophy of engineering]]
*[[Engineering education research|Engineering education]]
*[[Engineering education research|Engineering education]]
*[[Engineering ethics]]
*[[Engineering ethics]]
*[[Science and Technology Studies]]
*[[Science and technology studies]]
*[[Social construction of technology]] (SCOT)
*[[Social construction of technology]]
*[[Social shaping of technology]]
*[[Social shaping of technology]]
*[[Technological change]]
*[[Technological change]]
*[[Sociology of innovation]]
*Sociology of innovation
*[[History of technology]]
*[[History of technology]]
*(Constructive) [[Technology Assessment]]
*Constructive [[technology assessment]]
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== Journals ==
== Journals ==
*''Engineering Studies''
*''[http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=test20#.VNYdeLCG8zs Engineering Studies]''
*''[https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IJESJP International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (IJESJP)]''
*''International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace''


== Associations ==
== Associations ==
*[http://www.inesweb.org/ The International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)]
*The International Network for Engineering Studies
*[http://www.historyoftechnology.org/ Society for the History of the Technology]
*Society for the History of the Technology
*[http://www.spt.org/ Society for Philosophy and Technology]
*Society for Philosophy and Technology
*[http://www.4sonline.org/ Society for the Social Study of Science (4S)]
*Society for the Social Study of Science
*[http://easst.net/ European Society for the Study of Science and Technology]
*European Society for the Study of Science and Technology
*[http://www.socanco.org/ Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances]
*Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
*[http://esjp.org/ Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace network]
*Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace network


== References ==
== References ==
=== Citations ===
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*[[Wiebe Bijker|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]].
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*Bijker, Wiebe & John [[John Law (sociologist)|Law]] (eds) (1994). ''Shaping Technology / Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series).

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*Downey, Gary Lee(1998) ''The Machine in Me: An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers''. Routledge.
=== Sources ===
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*Downey, Gary Lee & Kacey Beddoes (eds) (2011) ''What is Global Engineering Education For? The Making of International Educators''. Morgan and Claypool Publishers.
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* [[Wiebe Bijker|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]].
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* Bijker, Wiebe & John [[John Law (sociologist)|Law]] (eds.) (1994). ''Shaping Technology / Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series).
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* Downey, Gary Lee (1998) ''The Machine in Me: An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers''. Routledge.
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* Downey, Gary Lee & Kacey Beddoes (eds) (2011) ''What is Global Engineering Education For? The Making of International Educators''. Morgan and Claypool Publishers.
*[[Thomas P. Hughes|Hughes]], Thomas (1983) ''Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930'', Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
*[[Thomas P. Hughes|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]] (eds) (1994). ''Handbook of Science and Technology Studies''. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*Jasanoff, Sheila, Gerald Markle, James Petersen & [[Trevor Pinch]] (eds.) (1994). ''Handbook of Science and Technology Studies''. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*[[Bruno Latour|Latour]], Bruno (1987). ''Science in action: How to follow scientists and engineers through society''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
*[[Bruno Latour|Latour]], Bruno (1987). ''Science in action: How to follow scientists and engineers through society''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
*[[Donald Angus MacKenzie|MacKenzie, Donald]] & Judy Wajcman (eds.) (1999). ''The Social Shaping of Technology: How the Refrigerator Got Its Hum,'' Milton Keynes, Open University Press.
*[[Donald Angus MacKenzie|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, MA: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series).
*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.
*Restivo, Sal (ed.) (2005), ''Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia''. New York: Oxford.
*[[Arie Rip|Rip]], Arie, Thomas J. Misa & Johan Schot (eds) (1995). ''Managing Technology in Society: The approach of Constructive Technology Assessment'' London/NY: Pinter.
*[[Arie Rip|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.
*Rosenberg, Nathan (1994) ''Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics and History'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*[[:fr:Dominique Vinck|Vinck]], Dominique (2003). ''Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and innovation''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
*[[:fr:Dominique Vinck|Vinck]], Dominique (2003). ''Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and innovation''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
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== External links ==
==External links==
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*''[http://www.cairn.info/revue-anthropologie-des-connaissances-2014-2-page-a.htm Engineering practices. The Knowledge of Action]''
*''[http://www.cairn.info/revue-anthropologie-des-connaissances-2014-2-page-a.htm Engineering practices. The Knowledge of Action]''
*''[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19378629.2012.746807#.VNYlL7CG8zs Diversity in Engineering Bibliography]''
*''[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19378629.2012.746807#.VNYlL7CG8zs Diversity in Engineering Bibliography]''
*''[https://www.enggstudy.com Engineering Studies]''

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Latest revision as of 10:00, 4 December 2023

This article is about the field of research that studies engineering practice. For how engineering is studied by people becoming engineers, see Engineering education.

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. 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.[1] 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.[2]

Subfields and related fields[edit]

Concepts[edit]

Journals[edit]

  • Engineering Studies
  • International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace

Associations[edit]

  • The International Network for Engineering Studies
  • Society for the History of the Technology
  • Society for Philosophy and Technology
  • Society for the Social Study of Science
  • European Society for the Study of Science and Technology
  • Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
  • Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace network

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Engineering, National Academy of; Research, Committee on Academic Engineering (1995-07-12). Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise. doi:10.17226/4933. ISBN 978-0-309-05284-9.
  2. ^ "Engineering Studies". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.

Sources[edit]

  • 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.
  • Bijker, Wiebe & John Law (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 (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.

External links[edit]

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