Société d’Ergonomie de Langue Française (Self)
Website: http://www.ergonomie-self.org/
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLjPAXvM6E
Officers
Alexis CHAMBEL, President, alexis.chambel@ergonomie-self.org
Karine CHASSAING, Treasurer, karine.chassaing@ergonomie-self.org
Véronique Ruiz-Jimenez, General Secretary, veronique.ruiz-jimenez@ergonomie-self.org
Frédéric LUZI, Vice President for National Affairs, frederic.luzi@ergonomie-self.org
Rafael WEISSBRODT, Vice President for International Affairs, rafael.weissbrodt@ergonomie-self.org
Liliana CUNHA, IEA Council Representative, lcunha@fpce.up.pt
Secretariat
Marie GIUDICELLI, marie.giudicelli@ergonomie-self.org
Upcoming and Recent Activities
The Self organises an annual congress which brings together between 400 and 800 participants from all over the French-speaking world.
Annual SELF Congress 2026 will be held in Nantes, 23-25 September 2026.
Updated calendar of ergonomics events in France and internationally: https://ergonomie-self.org/agenda/
The proceedings of all Self congresses are available for free online, as well as a papers database and a research tool: https://ergonomie-self.org/publications/actes-des-congres/ and https://ergonomie-self.org/publications/base-communications/
SELF annual congress in Paris-Nanterre (Ergonomics, communities and society: between heritage and prospects), 2-4 July 2025. The conference was organised in collaboration with members of the ORME network (Organisations Representing Ergonomics Professions). Proceedings freely accessible online: https://ergonomie-self.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2507-self-2025-actes-v070725.pdf
Online workshop on the topic ‘Development of virtual technologies, robotics and AI (27 November 2024). Synthesis freely available online: https://ergonomie-self.org/2025/02/06/synthese-de-latelier-dechange-en-ligne-self-du-27-novembre-2024-developpement-des-technologies-du-virtuel-de-la-robotique-et-de-lia/
Past Events
Decentralised SELF event in Corsica (12 December 2024), in cooperation with local stakeholders. Online synthesis: https://ergonomie-self.org/2025/01/09/premiere-edition-dun-evenement-self-a-vous-a-luniversite-de-corse-a-corte/
Congress 2023 on the island of La Réunion, on the theme “Developing the ecology of work”: https://ergonomie-self.org/congres-self/congres-2023/presentation-du-congres/
Congress 2022 in Geneva, The theme was “Vulnerabilities and emerging risks: thinking and acting together for sustainable transformation”.
4th French-speaking congress on musculoskeletal disorders, which takes place in November 2022 in Monastir, Tunisia: http://congresfrancophone-tms-tunisie2020.com/annonce-du-congres-tms-2020/
The Self has set up an “initiative grant”, which provides funding for innovative projects proposed by its members. In 2021-2022, two projects have been supported. The CAREPACT project aims to collect examples of good practice in ergonomics intervention: https://www.carepact.fr/voir-les-p%C3%A9pites.
The second project, entitled “Parlons peu, Parlons ergo!” (Let’s talk little, let’s talk ergo!) is a podcast for the popularisation of ergonomics. It currently has ten episodes: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/parlons-peu-parlons-ergo/
In autumn 2021, the Self organised an online workshop for its members to discuss current issues. Two topics were addressed: the introduction of a possible national title for ergonomists in France and the positioning of ergonomists on social issues. A summary of these debates will be published shortly.
The Self is part of the ORME collective (Organisation Representing Ergonomics Professions), which brings together nine associations active in ergonomics research, training and intervention. ORME has designed fact sheets presenting the profession of ergonomist. The collective has also carried out two surveys to better understand the activities of French-speaking ergonomists, in 2015 and 2021: https://ergonomie-self.org/vie-de-lergonomie/la-pratique-de-lergonomie/
The society has a history commission, which has produced and published online about 100 interviews with ergonomists over the years. They explain their careers and tell their stories of ergonomics as they have built and experienced it: https://ergonomie-self.org/lergonomie/histoire-de-lergonomie/par-ceux-qui-lont-faite/
Finally, the Self supports several scientific journals: Activités, Le Travail Humain, PISTES and Laboreal.