INES is an international network that has been around since 2004, and deals with the roles and challenges of the engineers of tomorrow.
It mostly addresses the following questions: what are the relationships between the technical and non-technical aspects of engineering practice, and how do these relationships evolve over time and from one place to another? Addressing and responding to this question may also involve engineering researchers as critical participants in the areas in which they are studying, including, for example, the configuration and training of engineering professionals, engineering work practices, engineering design, equity (gender, racial, ethnic, class, geopolitical inclusion within engineering), and engineering service to society.
The network’s missions can be summed up in 3 points:
- Advancing research and teaching in the historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, rhetorical and organisational studies of engineers and engineering;
- Building and serving diverse communities of researchers, teachers and responsible practitioners interested in engineering studies;
- Linking academic work in engineering studies to broader discussions and debates on engineering teaching, research, practice, policy and representation.
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