Stefan Krebs is Associate Professor for Contemporary History at Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH). He studied history, political science and philosophy at the universities of Aachen and Aix-en-Provence. He received his PhD in the history of technology from RWTH Aachen ����ͷ��versity. His current research interests include the industrial history of Luxembourg and the history of repair and maintenance. He is author of [Engineering Science as Social Practice] (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009); and (together with Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas and Gijs Mom) (Oxford ����ͷ��versity Press, 2014). He is co-editor of [Cultures of Repair] (Transcript, 2018); (Transcript, 2021); (Routledge, 2026); and Deindustrialisierung: Zum sozio-ökonomischen Wandel westeuropäischer Industriegesellschaften seit den 1970er Jahren [Deindustrialization: The Socio-economic Transformation of Western European Industrial Societies Since the 1970s] (Metropol, forthcoming). In 2015 he received the Maurice Daumas prize of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) for his article “Dial Gauge versus Senses 1–0”: German Auto Mechanics and the Introduction of New Diagnostic Equipment, 1950–1980. Technology and Culture 55, 2 (2014): 354–389. From 2019 to 2024 he directed the project “Remixing Industrial Pasts” in connection with Esch2022 European Capital of Culture. The project resulted in a multimedia exhibition on the university campus and the online exhibition “”. The project team received the 2021 FNR PSP Award, a 2022 Luxembourg Design Silver Award and the 2023 Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits from the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

Research Interests:

• History of science and technology
• History of maintenance and repair
• History of deindustrialization
• Industrial heritage

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