Call for Papers for Special Issue of Applied Ergonomcis
Digital Technologies Supportive of Resilient Performance in Socio-Technical Systems: A Human Factors and Ergonomics Perspective. Two of the guest editors of this special issue are the leading chairs of the IEA Resilience Engineering Technical Committee. More information is available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/applied-ergonomics/about/call-for-papers#digital-technologies-supportive-of-resilient-performance-in-socio-technical-systems-a-human-factors-and-ergonomics-perspective-applied-ergonomics Or contact Tarcisio Abreu Saurin: saurin@ufrgs.br
New IEA Technical Committee for Informal Work
The IEA is pleased to announce the founding of a new Technical Committee (TC) aimed at sharing experiences and increasing awareness of the informal work sector, which is estimated to include over 2 billion workers worldwide. The safety, health and productivity of workers outside the formal employment sectors have enormous potential for improvement and very […]
Newly published update of AIHA Ergonomics Toolkit
The American Industrial Hygiene Association has recently published a new update of their Ergonomics Toolkit . It was authored by two well known ergonomists in the USA, Susan Kotowski and Sheree Gibson, who would like it shared across their partner organizations. They would welcome feedback and help to expand it to a truly international document […]
CIEHF Newsletter
The IEA member society in the United Kingdom. the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, produces a regular newsletter “THINK” which includes many examples of HFE in action. Members from other societies are welcome to subscribe.
IEA 2023 Annual Award applications open
IEA Fellow Award The call for nominations for the 2023 IEA Fellow Awards is currently open. The IEA Fellow Award is given to recognize extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishments of an individual. To be considered for the IEA Fellow Award, the candidate must have been a Full Member in good standing of a Federated or […]
Upcoming Webinars
There are IEA webinars in the pipeline extending through 2023 We will send out a news item as the dates are set. Registration for the IEA webinars is free. They are recorded and offered on YouTube after the event. Recent webinars you can find on the IEA YouTube Chanel Recorded IEA Webinars
Upcoming HFE events
As the Corona pandemic rules are being lifted, our federated societies are beginning to re-schedule congresses. Check the Events tab of this website to see what is happening. There is the Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety Congress in The Netherlands, the Humanising Work and the Work Environment congress in India, the annual congress of […]
Getting down to Business
A new guide aimed at helping industry leaders boost their organisations through adopting a human factors approach has been published by the International Ergonomics Association and its federated member society, the Charted Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors of the United Kingdom. Giving Your Business the Human Factors Edge contains real-life examples of how the discipline […]