7th Ethics Spring Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: Diana Bairaktarova
The annual SEFI Ethics Spring Symposium, an initiative of the SEFI Special Interest Group on Ethics, welcomes a wide and diverse range of participants from all disciplines, perspectives, locations, and career stages to gather, collaborate, discuss, and exchange ideas on the most pressing topics in engineering ethics today. Past symposium themes include growing the field of engineering ethics education, empathy, care, and attention as essential dimensions of engineering education, and democracy in engineering education.
Upcoming Symposium
Spring Symposium 2027 – Human, Nature, Artificial: Rethinking Relationships and Responsibilities in an Engineering World
10–13 May 2027 | University of Minho, Guimarães Campus, Portugal
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Past Symposiums
Spring Symposium 2026 – Empathy, care, and attention in engineering education: Global and multidisciplinary perspectives
20–24 April 2026 | Sofia, Bulgaria
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Spring Symposium 2025 – Growing the field of engineering ethics education and research as a community
24–26 March 2025 | Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
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Spring School 2024 – Democracy in Engineering Education
10–12 April 2024 | TU Berlin, Germany
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Spring School 2023 – Engineering ethics education: Navigating uncertainty
24–26 April 2023 | Brussels, Belgium
Spring School 2022 – Engineering ethics education and social justice: synthesis and growth
31 March–1 April 2022 | Leysin, Switzerland
Spring School 2021 – Experiencing Engineering Ethics Education: Reflections, evidence, and perspectives on engineering ethics education in practice
25–26 March 2021 | Online