[INES Announce] Want to edit a Handbook of Engineering Studies?

[Wylie, Caitlin D. (cdw9y)]

Dear colleagues,
Please see the invitation below, and feel free to contact the editor directly if you’re interested.

All the best,
Caitlin

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Caitlin D. Wylie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society

School of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Virginia

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https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/caitlin-donahue-wylie



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From: Marion Duval <marion.duval at palgrave.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
To: Wylie, Caitlin D. (cdw9y) <wylie at virginia.edu>
Subject: Possible call with Palgrave Editor? Handbook of Engineering Studies

Dear Dr Wylie,

I am a commissioning editor for STS at Palgrave Macmillan. I hope you don’t mind me getting in touch out of the blue this way!

I am contacting you because I am interested in exploring the idea of a Handbook of Engineering Studies. I would like to develop Palgrave’s publishing in this area, and I feel there might be a gap in the market for a high-profile, original reference collection on this topic. I would very much appreciate your advice on the idea.

At Palgrave we define a handbook as a prestigious, original reference work which provides an overview of current research in a whole area or smaller sub-discipline. I am looking for a general editor with a good reputation in the field who would be willing to take responsibility for preparing a detailed outline and commissioning the entries, and I wondered if this might be a role you would be interested in taking up?

Of course, we would have no objection if the general editor were to prepare the book in association with one or more co-editors. There is some flexibility about the precise length and content of the volume but we would expect comprehensive coverage with a minimum of 30 chapters (ideally between 200K-300K words in total). We anticipate that it would feature specially-commissioned, original entries on the most important concepts and empirical research as well as providing an overview of the key areas of current interest. As far as possible it would also outline a suggested research agenda for the future.

We would anticipate it to be a valuable tool for researchers, students and practitioners and have global appeal. You can see some examples of our existing handbooks from various disciplines here<https://link.springer.com/search?new-search=true&query=palgrave+handbook&content-type=Book&dateFrom=&dateTo=&sortBy=newestFirst>. We also published The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8>, which has been accessed close to 180,000 times to date. Handbooks are considered of great value to our sales and marketing departments who make extra efforts to publicise them.

If you are interested in exploring the idea further, I would be happy to set up a time to speak on Teams and answer any questions you may have. We'd then invite you to draw up a full proposal to provide a rationale of the project, including a draft outline and list of potential/confirmed contributors, which we would send for a round of single-blind external peer review.

If you are not in a position to undertake this yourself at present, I would still be very grateful for your thoughts on the idea and any suggestions you may have for other people who would be suitable to edit a handbook in this area.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Marion


Marion Duval
Commissioning Editor, Palgrave Macmillan, Australia | Springer Nature<https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/books>
Transdisciplinary Social Science Books
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