[PHILOS-L] Deadline extensions // Never Neutral Workshop, 18-19 June 2026

[Suzana Alpsancar]

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Dear colleagues, 

due to several request we extend our deadline for our workshop on the history of evaluating technology in June, 18-19 2026  „…never neutral“: Practices, concepts and methods of

evaluating technology over the last 50 years."

The Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) (Association of German Engineers) and the Gesellschaft

für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) (Society for Business History) are jointly hosting the Work-

shop “’…never neutral’: Practices, concepts and methods of evaluating technology over the

last 50 years” from June 18 to June 19 2026 in Deutsches Museum München. The workshop

aims to explore the often invisible and informal practices, concepts, models and methods that

engineers, businesses, politicians and other actors used for evaluating technology, and to dis-

cuss the relationship of this form of evaluation to institutionalized, political forms of Technology

Assessment — both past and present.

The workshop aims at bringing together perspectives from the history and philosophy of technology regarding the quest to evaluate (emerging) technologies. 

If you are interested in the long proposal, please reach out to: te...@unternehmensgeschichte.de

The organizers will cover costs for travel (airfare up to a maximum amount) and accommoda-

tion. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2026. Applicants will be informed about our

decision and further details by the end of February 2026.

Proposals should be a single PDF-file, including name, affiliation, title of the presentation,

main questions of interest and abstract (up to 300 words), as well as a short biographical note.

Please send your proposals to te...@unternehmensgeschichte.de

Best, 

Suzana Alpsancar

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