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Matthias Jäger – New honorary member of the GfA 2025

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Prof. Dr. Carsten Watzl in the laboratory

Carsten Watzl becomes a member of two DFG Senate committees

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Hannah Schade wins 7th APuZ-Science Slam in Leipzig

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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:

Ergonomics
Immunology
Psychology & Neurosciences
Toxicology

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SOPRANO Open Call to Accelerate Robotics Innovation in Europe

Up to €200K in funding available for cutting-edge robotics solutions exploiting the SOPRANO technologies
Portrait: Matthias Jäger

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

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 …
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