With two issues published and the third (May 2013) taking shape, the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (IJEJSP) is now well on its way to become firmly established.

In order to ensure an ongoing discussion of various important topics at the intersection between engineering, social justice and peace from a broad range of perspectives, the editorial team welcomes and encourages new submissions to the journal.

If you are working on something that you think would be a good match for the journal and are interested in publishing with us you can start a submission process by following this link.

We look forward to receive your contributions and to work with you towards publication.

Sincerely,

The IJESJP editorial team

We are happy to announce the availability of a new book co-authored by Caroline Baillie, John Reader, and Jens Kabo. The book is entitled Heterotopia: Alternative pathways to social justice. From the authors:

“Many of us are concerned with the structures, systems and values that we meet on a day-to-day basis. We seem to be rushing headlong to a destination not of our choosing. How did we get here and what can we do about it? This book is the result of an exploration into the ideas of transformation. What does it mean to transform the way we live, to something that we value? In this book we take on the challenge of exploring a potential transformation in one professional field, that of engineering, as an example of how we might break free of common dysfunctional discourses and enter what we call a counter hegemonic Heterotopia; – a space or place where we might dream alternative futures. The text is a unique collaboration spanning the disciplines of engineering education, philosophy and social theory.”

Please follow the link given above for more information including the book's reviews and endorsements as well as how to purchase a copy.

The editorial team is proud to announce that the second issue of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace for 2012, the special issue on “Grand Challenges of Engineering”, is now live and can be viewed here.

Here is an interview with Alice Pawley about the book “Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond” she has edited together with Caroline Baillie and Donna Riley, and which has been published by Purdue University Press.

Hosted by the Triple Helix GK-12 NSF Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Conference Dates: June 27-29, 2012
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2012

This conference seeks new approaches to interweaving social justice and science/technology. Some that are already known include DIY and “maker” communities, Open Source Science, “Technologies for Non-violent Social Change,” and other new hybrid forms of collaboration that put technoscience in the hands of non-experts, local communities, indigenous groups and the less powerful. Typical approaches to “ethics in science” treat ethics as a police officer that operates at the borders, slapping science on the wrist when it over-steps. How can we treat ethics instead as a pro-active force, integrated from the start? Social scientists studying scientific controversy may know very little about the particulars of the science, and the scientist embroiled within the controversy may not know very much about the dynamics of communities or the relations of power between experts and the public. This conference will highlight ways to provoke engineers, social scientists, and the educators of future thinkers into considering new and innovative methods of merging social and technical dimensions of science and engineering research, teaching and practice. It will contribute to the possibilities for a “two way bridge” across the lay/expert divide; one in which social justice is informed by technoscience and not just technoscience informed by social justice. To this end, we are looking for papers and proposed panels that can discuss transformative possibilities for every level of making science, scientists, technology, engineers, and knowledge. Existing categories in which pertinent (and important) discussions are taking place are, but is not limited to, K-12 STEM education, advanced pedagogy in the natural/physical/life sciences, ethics, public engagement/understanding of science, theoretical and social studies on information and communication technology, political sociology of science, Science and Technology Studies, appropriating technology, feminist studies, emerging nanotechnology, postcolonial studies, engineering education, urban studies, and experimental art.

What:
We are accepting 250-word abstracts for presentations made by individuals, to be placed into themed panels. We are also looking for hands-on workshop format presentations or activities to be done in groups by people with a variety of technical and social expertise. Workshop sessions can be submitted by individuals or groups. Limited travel reimbursement may be available.

We have just issued a Call for Contributions for our 2011 conference. More information to follow on the official ESJP 2011 page on this site.