Industrial Engineering: Research Guide

The International Commission on Occupational Health, the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association and the Collegium Ramazzini, together representing their individual and collective members from over 100 Countries, join their voices to express great concern about the worrying news of massive layoffs of NIOSH employees, scientists and leadership as well as closing of NIOSH offices, […]

Webinar: 12 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 mins, including time for discussion The introduction of full body 3D scanning in the early 2000s provided new directions for research into apparel sizing and fit. This talk will focus on apparel practice in body measurement, how it differs […]

Webinar: 8 May, 2025, at 15:00 UTC The Technical Committee on Anthropometry Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. The webinar organized by the Technical Committee on Anthropometry offers a brief overview of the history of anthropometry and its applications in military contexts. Presenter: Dr. Todd Garlie, Anthropologist, U.S. ARMY DEVCOM Soldier Center, […]

Webinar: May 6, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series Duration: 60 minutes, including time for discussion. What’s new in the world of ergonomic standards? Have you ever wondered what exactly is a standard, what role it plays, how it got developed and by whom, who implements […]

Webinar: Tuesday, April 15th at 4PM UTC The Technical Committee on MusculoSkeletal Disorders Webinar Series For decades, ergonomics practitioners have relied on observation based, manual assessment tools to identify, quantify, and prioritize musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risks in the workplace. However, traditional observational tools are often difficult to use, hard to explain, and prone to user […]

Webinar April 30, 2025, 15:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series This webinar organized by the IEA Informal Work TC is a continuation of our prior webinar series on ergonomics and informal work in Latin America. The most representative informal jobs from across Latin America will be addressed by prominent speakers from Peru and Colombia, and […]

Revolutionizing health and safety: the role of AI and digitalization at work The campaign will shed light on how new technologies are transforming OSH, including through the automation of tasks, use of smart OSH tools and monitoring systems, extended reality and virtual reality and algorithmic management of work. The digital transformation of work has led […]

The call for nominations for the 2025 IEA Fellow Awards is currently open. The IEA Fellow Award is given to recognize extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishments of an individual. To be considered for the IEA Fellow Award, the candidate must have been a Full Member in good standing of a Federated or Affiliated Ergonomics Society […]

Planning has started for the next IEA conference – IEA 2027, in London. Be the first to hear news about the event by joining our “mailing list” https://ergonomics.org.uk/iea2027-interest-list.html. The dates for IEA2027 will be confirmed by mid-2025 and we expect to release ticket details and the best hotel deals by mid-2026. Sign up to ensure […]

The Gender and Work TC are planning to publish a special issue in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics following the IEA Congress. The Gender and Work TC welcomes manuscripts on the theme ‘ergonomics, gender and social sustainability. Authors who did not present their study in the Gender and Work track at the last conference […]

The call for nominations for the 2025 IEA Fellow Awards is currently open. The IEA Fellow Award is given to recognize extraordinary or sustained, superior accomplishments of an individual. To be considered for the IEA Fellow Award, the candidate must have been a Full Member in good standing of a Federated or Affiliated Ergonomics Society […]

Planning has started for the next IEA conference – IEA 2027, in London. Be the first to hear news about the event by joining our “mailing list” https://ergonomics.org.uk/iea2027-interest-list.html. The dates for IEA2027 will be confirmed by mid-2025 and we expect to release ticket details and the best hotel deals by mid-2026. Sign up to ensure […]

The Gender and Work TC are planning to publish a special issue in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics following the IEA Congress. The Gender and Work TC welcomes manuscripts on the theme ‘ergonomics, gender and social sustainability. Authors who did not present their study in the Gender and Work track at the last conference […]

Webinar series on Resilience Engineering March 17, 2025, at 15:00 UTC Duration: 75 mins This webinar series will showcase cutting-edge research by the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee, highlighting applications in areas such as AI transformation of industrial work, cognitive ergonomics in collaborative robotics, dynamic change in coordination patterns, and advanced brain-computer interface risk management. Webinar […]

The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) is pleased to announce the availability of the FPE Impact Grants that aim to support small projects in the quest to develop professional ergonomics around the world. The funding preference will be given, but not limited to, applicants from developing countries (as defined by the United Nations) or proposals […]

Webinar series on Resilience Engineering March 17, 2025, at 15:00 UTC Duration: 75 mins This webinar series will showcase cutting-edge research by the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee, highlighting applications in areas such as AI transformation of industrial work, cognitive ergonomics in collaborative robotics, dynamic change in coordination patterns, and advanced brain-computer interface risk management. Webinar […]

The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) is pleased to announce the availability of the FPE Impact Grants that aim to support small projects in the quest to develop professional ergonomics around the world. The funding preference will be given, but not limited to, applicants from developing countries (as defined by the United Nations) or proposals […]

Webinar 25th February, 2025, at15:00 UTC Informal Work Webinar Series This webinar, organized by the IEA Informal Work TC, begins with an overview of the situation of informal work in Europe and then delves into the specific case example of sex work/prostitution in Germany. The example highlights the difficulties of legally defining what is work […]

Webinar February 15th, 2025, at15:00 UTC Systemic methods in complex and digitalized manufacturing series This webinar is the fourth and last part of the Webinar Series: Systemic Methods in Complex and Digitalized Manufacturing, showcasing applied and analytical modeling research using FRAM and STAMP-STPA. The webinar is presented by members of the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee. […]

Webinar February 8th, 2025, at 15:00 UTC Systemic methods in complex and digitalized manufacturing series This webinar is the third part of the Webinar Series: Systemic Methods in Complex and Digitalized Manufacturing, showcasing applied and analytical modeling research using FRAM and STAMP-STPA. The webinar is presented by members of the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee. The […]

Webinar February 5th, 15:00 UTC Systemic methods in complex and digitalized manufacturing series This webinar is the second part of the Webinar Series: Systemic Methods in Complex and Digitalized Manufacturing, showcasing applied and analytical modeling research using FRAM and STAMP-STPA. The webinar is presented by members of the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee. The series focuses […]

Webinar January 25, 2025, 15:00 UTC Brief summary: This webinar is the first part of the Webinar Series: Systemic Methods in Complex and Digitalized Manufacturing, showcasing applied and analytical modeling research using FRAM and STAMP-STPA. The webinar is presented by members of the IEA Resilience Engineering Committee. The series focuses on applications in complex and […]

Webinar on January 29, 2025, 16:00 UTC (13:00 Chile, 11:00 Ecuador) This webinar organized by the IEA Informal Work TC in collaboration with the Universidad de Atacama and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador will present an overview of the situation of informal work in Latin America with emphasis on Chile and Ecuador and then […]

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 rescheduled for 15th November, 2024, 8 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 […]

Just before the 22nd Triennial Congress of the IEA the annual general meeting of the IEA Council was held. The Council consists of representatives of the 55 federated members and the IEA elected officers. The Chairs of the standing committees gave reports on the activities of the hundreds of volunteers that make up the technical […]

Just before the 22nd Triennial Congress of the IEA the annual general meeting of the IEA Council was held. The Council consists of representatives of the 55 federated members and the IEA elected officers. The Chairs of the standing committees gave reports on the activities of the hundreds of volunteers that make up the technical […]