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The core topics of our research work are

  • The working person in technical environments
  • The challenge of work and ageing
  • External and internal factors for well-being and performance
  • Safe handling of chemicals

The research areas at IfADo are:

News

Portrait: Matthias Jäger

Awards

Matthias Jäger – New honorary member of the GfA 2025

The Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (GfA) honours ‘personalities from Germany and abroad who have made outstanding contributions to ergonomics or to the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft’ with an honorary membership; since its foundation in 1953, …
Prof. Dr. Carsten Watzl in the laboratory

Awards

Carsten Watzl becomes a member of two DFG Senate committees

The Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has elected Prof. Dr. Carsten Watzl, Scientific Director and Head of the Immunology Department at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment in Dortmund (IfADo), to become a member of the Senate …
group picture: Hannah Schade at the award ceremony together with the other participants

Event

Hannah Schade wins 7th APuZ-Science Slam in Leipzig

Dr. Hannah Schade, a scientist from the Department of Psychology and Neurosciences at the IfADo, convinced the audience at the 7th APuZ-Science Slam last Saturday with her slam "Gandalf against Burnout".

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