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Webinar Wednesday, 4th December 2024, 16:00 UTC Duration: 90 mins This IEA webinar, titled “Ergonomic Design, Development, and Research in the Informal Sector in Latin America,” is part of a series of webinars focused on analyzing informal labor and its challenges. Organized by the IEA Informal Work Technical Committee in collaboration with the National University […]

Webinar Monday, December 2nd, 2024, 2pm-3pm (UTC) Duration: 60 mins For more information click here. To register click here. Webinar Monday, December 2nd, 2024, 2pm-3pm (UTC) Duration: 60 mins For more information click here. To register click here.

Webinar rescheduled for 15th November, 2024, 7 am UTC The goal of this webinar series is to showcase the research/projects in visual ergonomics conducted by executive members of the IEA Visual Ergonomics Technical Committee. The members have extensive experience in teaching/working within visual ergonomics. Throughout their speeches, they will establish links between practice and science, […]

October 31, 2024 Time: 15:00 UTC (90 minutes duration) This webinar from the IEA Technical Committee on Informal Work will focus on informal work in Latin America. Prominent experts from Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile will present case examples of informal work that are most representative of the region, and will review the state of ergonomics […]

The IEA mourns the passing of Prof. Dr. Klaus Zink. Prof. Zink spent three separate terms in the IEA’s Executive Committee including as Vice-President Treasurer from 2009 to 2012. Prof. Zink also spent many years as the German-speaking ergonomics society representative on the IEA Council. He started the IEA’s Human Factors and Sustainable Development Technical […]

The IEA officers are pleased to announce that the next book in the Ergonomics in a Nutshell series for “Giving your business the human factors edge ..” has just been published. It is available free of charge  in e-book format: Making it happen. IEA developed this publication for Line Managers in industry to provide practical […]

IEA Webinar on 18 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC This webinar by the IEA Technical Committee on Informal Work will be an introduction to the topic of informal work followed by researchers from around the world sharing ergonomics-related perspectives, case examples, and challenges arising in the informal sector. Organiser: Clive D’Souza, University of Pittsburgh, IEA […]

Exciting news this month from our colleagues in Brazil – the Association of Brazil for Ergonomics and Human Factors (ABERGO). This IEA federated society had already succeeded in getting laws passed in 2022 to obligate employers to conduct “ergonomic” risk assessments of and design appropriate prevention interventions. This increased the demand for qualified HFE specialists […]