Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (GfA)
Geschäftsstelle der GfA e.V.
Ardeystraße 67 · 44139 Dortmund
Telefon: 0049 (0) 231 124243
Telefax: 0049 (0) 231 7212154
E-Mail : info@gesellschaft-fuer-arbeitswissenschaft.de
Website : http://www.gesellschaft-fuer-arbeitswissenschaft.de
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President
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Oliver Sträter Universität Kassel Fachbereich Maschinenbau Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft und Prozessmanagement Fachgebiet Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40 34132 Kassel Fon 0049 (0) 561 804 4211 E-Mail straeter@uni-kassel.de |
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Vice President
Prof. Dr. Uta Wilkens Ruhr-Universität Bochum Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft Lehrstuhl Arbeit, Personal und Führung Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Fon 0049 (0) 234 32-27876 Fax 0049 (0) 234 32-14198 E-Mail ls-apf@rub.de |
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Vice President Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmauder Technische Universität Dresden Fakultät Maschinenwesen Institut für Technische Logistik und Arbeitssysteme Professur für Arbeitswissenschaft Dürerstraße 26 01062 Dresden Fon 0049 (0) 351 463-38510 Fax 0049 (0) 351 463-37283 |
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Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Rolf Ellegast Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung e.V. (DGUV) Institut für Arbeitsschutz der DGUV (IFA) Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied der GfA e.V. Alte Heerstraße 111 53757 Sankt Augustin Fon 0049 (0) 30 13001-38600 Fax 0049 (0) 30 13001-863005 E-Mail Rolf.Ellegast@dguv.de |
Recent Activities
The Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GfA) supports and fosters the topic of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Germany. It addresses various topics for a healthy, safe and efficient live- and working environment by means of interdisciplinary research and design. Thomas Alexander presented the main activities during the council meeting. Prof. Oliver Sträter (University Kassel) followed Prof. Klaus Bengler (Technical University Munich) as president of the GfA. Further members (Vize-Presidentes) of the board are Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmauder (University Dresden) and Prof. Uta Wilkens (Ruhr University Bochum). Chief exekutive officer is Prof. Dr. Rolf Ellegast (IFA St. Augustin). In 2021, the society organized the 67th annual spring congress as virtual event in Bochum, Germany, with nearly 400 attendees and presentations across the diverse domains of AI and KI. The society is organizing a smaller autumn conference in Friedrichshafen, 23-24 Sept. 2021, and the next spring congress is in Magdeburg, 02-04.03.2022. In addition, members of the society were involved in many other events about the future of work and safety. For young scientists GfA offers annually until two workshops, the next workshop will treat “Digital methods”. Also GfA developed a mentee-programm to help increase careers of young scientists.
