Events

Talk show series with the stars of the Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education 

The SEFI Ethics SIG is excited to invite you to take part in the Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education Talk Show Series, where 3-4 authors will discuss in a lively format on themes of interest for the community of engineering education research.

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Our first talk show is on the theme of The Good, the Bad, and the Unethical: AI in engineering education. The talk-show host is Gunter Bombaerts (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands), and will feature as guests Scott Daniel (winner of the best paper award of The European Journal of Engineering Education, University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Stephanie Lunn (Florida International University, the United States) and Mihály Héder (The Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary). 

The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education originated as a SEFI SIG Ethics workshop idea at the 2021 Annual SEFI Conference. This became a SEFI project edited by Shannon Chance, Tom Børsen, Diana Adela Martin, Roland Tormey, Thomas Taro Lennerfors and Gunter Bombaerts, who were joined by a team of 108 authors from across the world who collaborated in the development of 36 chapters “mapping” the field of engineering ethics education. It is now time to celebrate together as a community and take stock of key advances in the field of engineering ethics and engineering education more broadly.

The talk-show series which will run between 2025-2027  is coordinated by Diana Adela Martin (University College London, The UK).

Join a new SEFI@work session from The (Un)certainty (Dis)comfort Series, brought to you by Siara Isaac (EPFL), on behalf of the SEFI Ethics Special Interest Group. 

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Transdisciplinary courses are increasingly prevalent in engineering education curricula. These courses involve partnering with real-world actors to tackle real-world problems, perhaps most notably the contemporary sustainability challenge. How to balance environmental sustainability with social and economic goals is a contested issue, with varying perspectives on the problems and solutions, even among experts. Furthermore, sustainability education is shaped amidst an unpredictable political landscape and yet unknown technological advancements. This diversity of viewpoints, unpredictability, and a lack of knowledge makes uncertainty an inescapable part of the future of engineering education.

In this workshop, we will explore uncertainty on a conceptual level and reflect on your personal experiences with uncertainty. Then, we will collaboratively develop scaffolding strategies to support students in learning to deal with uncertainty. The workshop is based on Nina Bohm’s PhD thesis and she will translate her work to some concrete questions for engineering educators.

This workshop is for you if:

• You want ideas on how to scaffold uncertainty in a (transdisciplinary) learning environment.
• You want to understand uncertainty both on a personal and a conceptual level.  
• You want to connect with other researchers and teachers interested in supporting engineering students to constructively engage with uncertainty.

Speaker: Dr. Ir. Nina Bohm, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Target Audience: Engineering Educators, Engineering Education PhD Researchers, Early-career researchers, senior administrators, or anyone who is interested in working with uncertainty in educational practice

Mon, Feb 17, 2025 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

We look forward to speaking with you at the event!