Good data and good software are some of the most useful tools we have for tackling climate change and supporting sustainable development. But the people building and sharing them are often working in isolation, especially in the Global South, where professional...
FeME is recruiting 5-6 postgraduate and early career researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow as FeME Scribes to help capture conversations, ideas, and reflections emerging during Great FeME Week in Edinburgh...
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change. They are also, consistently, underrepresented in the engineering profession tasked with responding to it. FeME was built on the premise that these two facts are connected — and that both can be changed. The...
We are delighted to welcome Jessica Chacko and Jeanne Michalon to the FeME team as our inaugral Earth Fellows! The Earth Fellows programme, led by the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), brings together postgraduate and PhD students from across...
FeME was delighted to join other networks earlier in March at the Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenge (TERC) network meeting, hosted at the Royal Academy of Engineering. Each network was invited to share progress, team composition, challenges, and plans for the...
FeME is delighted to announce the launch of three seed funds designed to support inclusive, community-centred, and climate-responsive engineering across the FeME network. Together, these calls strengthen the foundations of co-created research, equitable training, and...
Engineers can use data to change the world for the better. With high-quality data, engineers are better equipped to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time, including climate change and biodiversity loss. But collecting and analysing this data...
What happens when engineers, scientists, and community practitioners from across the world sit together to talk not about success, but failure? At the FeME Climate Challenge in Edinburgh, over 60 participants from 18 countries came together to explore that very...
FeME’s Independent Advisory Board brings together global leaders in engineering, systems thinking, and inclusive innovation to help guide the network’s growth and impact. The Board’s role is to advise, challenge, and amplify FeME’s mission to ensure our values of...
The inaugural FeME Climate Challenge gathered more than 60 participants from 18 countries for two days of collaboration, reflection, and experimentation in Edinburgh in September 2025. It marked the launch of the Failure Modes of Engineering (FeME) network plus, a...
When we launched the Failure Modes of Engineering Network (FeME), one of our first priorities was to create a way to showcase the breadth and depth of people and projects working to reimagine engineering for a just and sustainable future. That vision has become the...
Engineering has always been about problem-solving. We design systems to work reliably, products to perform consistently, and infrastructure to endure. But here is the uncomfortable truth: engineering fails all the time. We see it when flood defences collapse, when...