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72nd Spring Congress on Humane Work Design was a complete success!
Designing work in a humane way - but how?
Congress in Kassel on human-centered work design: 400 registrations from the DACH region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From 11 to 13 March, the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology (A&O) at the University of Kassel, under the direction of Prof. Dr. habil. Oliver Sträter, organized the 72nd Spring Congress of the Society for Ergonomics (GfA).
The overall theme of the congress , "human-centered work design", is so important that a good 400 participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland came to Kassel. The main focus was on the current challenges of work design, be it safety and health or productivity and sustainability in the context of new technological challenges. The rapidly intensifying competitionin times ofgeopolitical transformation was also discussed. "The world of work is currently undergoing profound change. This makes it all the more important to design work in such a way that it remains productive as well as healthy and safe," said congress host Oliver Sträter.
All forms of physical and mental stress were examined in specialist groups and presentations. The topics ranged from digitalization, artificial intelligence and human-robot collaboration to issues relating to the organization of working hours, ranging from shortening (keyword: four-day week) or extending (keyword: retirement from 70). The longer-term perspective of social transformation in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the competitiveness and resilience of companies was also discussed.
The President of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Isabel Rothe, was awarded the GfA Medal of Honour at the congress for her services to ergonomics. In his keynote speech, Dr. Stefan Ruppert, Member of the Management Board of B. Braun Melsungen and responsible for Human Resources and Legal Affairs, emphasized the importance of human-centred work design for the social and democratic stability of a society.
The Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft represented all players in work design within the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). In addition to representatives from the scientific community, all relevant stakeholders in work design took part in the congress, including project sponsors from the research and labor ministries, the German Research Foundation (DFG), federal authorities, employers' liability insurance associations and accident insurers as well as representatives of the social partners.
With the congress, the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft and the Kassel-based A&O Psychology department and its team supported the healthy, safe and productive design and transformation of work for a sustainable and stable society.
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Contact:
Prof. Dr. habil. Oliver Sträter
University of Kassel
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology
Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40
34132 Kassel
E-Mail: straeter@uni-kassel.de
Phone: 0561804 4210