Associate Editor, History
Brief info
Dr. Matthew N. Eisler is a senior lecturer of history in the Department of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde. Matthew explores science and technology in energy and environmental context. He earned his PhD in History at the University of Alberta in 2008 and has held fellowships at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the Science History Institute, and, through 2025, the Käte Hamburger Kolleg of RWTH Aachen University. Matthew also served as the director of the Science, Technology, and Society program at North Carolina State University in 2016-17. Matthew has published widely, including in journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Spectrum, Business History Review, Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, and Technology and Culture as well as periodicals including Barron’s and Slate. Matthew’s second book (Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for the Sustainable Car, MIT Press, 2022; runner-up, 2024 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award) traces the history of advanced-propulsion automobiles. Matthew is current researching the phenomenon of green work, the material and labor practices of contemporary environmental society.