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During the Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health held in Marrakesh, Morocco, 28th-April to 3rd May the ICOH renewed its collaboration agreement with the IEA and the International Occupational Hygiene Association. The MOU was signed by the Presidents, Prof. Seong-Kyu Kang for ICOH, Dr Samantha Connell for IOHA and Prof. José Orlando […]

Decent work for all, a goal shared by ILO and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), cannot be achieved unless human factors/ergonomics (HFE) principles and a HFE systems approach are incorporated in the design of work systems.  However, despite the acknowledged importance of HFE in the workplace, most countries and regions lack comprehensive regulations and requirements […]

IEA Webinar on Thursday 30th May, 14:00-15:30 (UTC/GMT) The goal of this online webinar series is to showcase excellent projects at the forefront of Healthcare Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE). The work has been carried out by Early Career Researchers and Practitioners (ECR/Ps) across the IEA network. ECR/Ps are PhD students and those who are […]

IEA Webinar 5 June, 4 pm UTC time (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html). By the Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders. The goal of this on-line webinar is to inform ergonomists on the topic of the ‘physical activity paradox’. Physical activity is generally regarded as health enhancing. However, recent evidence shows that this may not be the case for high […]

IEA Webinar 16 May, 14:00 UTC The goal of this on-line webinar series is to bring you perspectives on the envisaged challenges arising from the Future of Work for HFE from around the World. In this webinar we will be hearing about the future of work from Colombia and the challenges that this raises for […]

The Society of French Speaking Ergonomists (SELF) has informed us of the passing of Yvon Queinnec, a leading member of their society and head of the hosting team of the 1991 IEA Triennial Congress. Our sympathies go to his colleagues and family. His contribution to the field of ergonomics will live on in his large […]

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia has been busy promoting our discipline using a series of podcasts which they have offered to share on the IEA website. The series of individual podcasts can be found here: https://www.hfehub.au . The podcasts focus on the connection between human capabilities and good design. There is a […]

The IEA has been advised about a course in France that has recently been awarded a status to qualify the participants to receive study grants.  This should be very attractive to French speaking undergraduates interested in becoming professional HFE specialists. Futher information is available here in English The IEA congratulates the course professors whose efforts […]

  Call for papers   Special Issue of Applied Ergonomics organized by the IEA TC “Ergonomics and Human Factors for Sustainability” is open for submissions from 15th January to 31st August, 2024. The field of Ergonomics and Human Factors (E/HF) has evolved from its origins. Initially focused on the analysis of simple systems, today this discipline […]