50 years design engineering anthropometry, an overview
IEA webinar: 16 July, 2026, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 mins, including time for discussion This presentation provides a retrospective overview of the evolution of anthropometry in design engineering over the past five decades. Beginning with the speaker’s experience learning traditional one-dimensional (1D) anthropometry from body dimension tables […]
IEA/Kingfar Award and IEA/Tsinghua Award 2026 Applications Now Open
Deadline: 30 June, 2026 The IEA/Kingfar Award is given annually to early career professionals to promote and reward high-quality original research and applications on new and emerging HFE issues or issues specifically related to industrially developing countries, as well as to promote a career path in HFE. Nominees can be from any country including both IDCs and developed […]
What the Frontline Thinks About the Technology for MSD Prevention — and Why It Matters
IEA Webinar: June 8, 3 pm UTC The Technical Committee on Musculoskeletal Disorders Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. As organizations accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), safety and operations leaders are often driving these investments. However, frontline worker perspectives—critical to adoption, sustained use, and measurable impact—are […]
IEA Statement: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2026
The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) joins the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2026. This year the theme is ensuring a healthy psychosocial working environment. This includes finding and promoting ways to improve workload and working time stressors through work design aspects such […]
Assessing Physical Risks Of Young Workers In Agriculture: Special Groups Need Special Methods
IEA Webinar: 28 May 2026, 14:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series This webinar is organized by the IEA Informal Work Technical Committee in collaboration with Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB). It draws on recent research in the vanilla supply chain in Madagascar where workers operate largely under informal arrangements. We will demonstrate how risk assessments […]
Quality Control of Anthropometric Data
IEA Webinar: 12th May (Tuesday), 2026, at 13.00 UTC/GMT (9.00 EDT); 22.00 JST This webinar is hosted by IEA The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Users of human body dimension data often assume that all measurements are obtained using comparable methods. Until the adoption of 3D body scanners in anthropometric surveys, measurement protocols were largely standardized […]
World Health Day, April 7
As we recognize “World Health Day” (April 7), the International Ergonomics Association is proud of our continuous collaborations with the World Health Organization (WHO). As final edits are made to the ‘Practice guidance on application of Human Factors and Ergonomics to patient safety’ document prepared by IEA volunteers for and with WHO support, we look […]
