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DEADLINE EXTENDED –  ALL NOMINATIONS DUE BY 30 JANUARY, 2024   We are accepting nominations for IEA Awards until January 30, 2024.  Please check this list of awards carefully and nominate colleagues, students, and early career researchers who deserve to be recognized.   TRIENNIAL AWARDS ~ IEA/Elsevier John Wilson Award recognizes major contributions in the […]

 Webinar Series   February 9th, 2024 at 10:30 am- 12:00 pm (USA- Central Time)   The goal of this webinar series is to showcase excellent projects in Human Factors in Healthcare done by Early Career Researchers and Practitioners (ECR/Ps) across the IEA network. ECR/Ps are PhD students and those who are within 0 to 5 years post-PhD […]

IEA AWARDS 2024 ALL NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY 30 JANUARY, 2024 2024 will be a banner year for IEA Awards.  We expect to present 8 different IEA Triennial Awards as well as the annual IEA Fellow Awards, IEA/Tsinghua Awards, and IEA/Kingfar Awards for students and early career researchers. In 2024 we will make the first […]

IEA/ILO publication – Review Report on Laws and Practice Related to Human Factors/Ergonomics and Manual Handling at the Workplace: Despite the acknowledged importance of human factor/ergonomics (HFE) in the workplace, most countries and regions lack comprehensive regulations and requirements for HFE design and implementation. An effective HFE systems approach is indispensable to support our life […]

It has been a successful year for the IEA with a productive Council meeting in Chile and many projects coming to or nearing completion. Welcome to our new federated society colleagues in Bulgaria and Romania. We also have new sustaining members and formal understandings with partner organisations, new technical committees and a group dedicated to […]

Webinar 1st December 5:00 am UTC (16:00 AEDST) The goal of this webinar series is to showcase excellent projects in Human Factors in Healthcare done by Early Career Researchers and Practitioners (ECR/Ps) across the IEA network. ECR/Ps are PhD students and those who are within 0 to 5 years post-PhD (including career interruptions) or practitioners who […]

Webinar 16 November 2023, 3 PM 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 the USA and the challenges that this […]

The IEA would like to announce the following award winners for 2023. The IEA Executive would like to congratulate all winners and thank them on behalf of all members for the contributions they have made to our profession and science. Thanks to the work of the review committee and, of course, to the award sponsors. […]

Join this Webinar This webinar explains the basic concept of HFE to people who have no training in it. It explains the history of the terms ergonomics and human factors and gives examples of the use of HFE to solve physical, cognitive and organisational challenges for humans at work.   The post What is Ergonomics […]