2026 INES Workshop | International Network for Engineering Studies (INES)

You're invited to our next workshop, hosted by our International Network for Engineering Studies (INES), from 10am to 1pm Eastern Time (US) on Friday, 23 January 2026.

Please register for the event here.

The workshop has three events, each lasting one hour for a total of three hours:

10-11am ET: Paper prize talks and discussion. We will host a Q&A with Sangwoon Yoo, winner of the 2025 INES paper prize, and runners-up Giulia De Togni, Bruce Kloot, and Corrinne Shaw. Their papers are linked below.
11-12pm: 3-minute lightning talks. Sign up to share a short message with our community, whether it's an update on your current work, a question or request for the community, an idea for a collaborative project, or anything else. These talks are hosted in partnership with the Engineering Studies working group of the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM).
12-1pm: Informal Discussion: What next? We'll reflect on the October 2024 INES workshop (Appelhans and Hearty 2025). The main discussion question: Based on what we’ve learned in 2024 and 2025, what do we as INES want to do going forward?

This members-exclusive workshop will spark new conversations and continue enduring ones about the work of engineering studies scholars. To renew your membership, visit https://inesweb.org/join.

On behalf of the INES officers, we're looking forward to seeing you there!

Paper prize winners:

Yoo, Sangwoon. “Technological Origins of Korean Semiconductor Industry.” The Korean Journal for the History of Science 47, no. 2 (2025): 201–33. https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003239569

De Togni, Giulia. “Staging the Robot: Performing Techno-Politics of Innovation for Care Robotics in Japan.” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 18, no. 2 (2024): 196–213. https://doi.org/10.1080/18752160.2023.2295144.

Shaw, Corrinne B., and Bruce Kloot. “Engineering under Oppressive Regimes: Exploring the Role of Engineers during Apartheid South Africa.” European Journal of Engineering Education 50, no. 3 (2025): 493–511. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2024.2419399.