After cash payments and sweepstake prizes were offered to boost take-up of the Covid-19 vaccine, how effective is offering incentives in encouraging people to follow public health advice?
More conversations and communication are now happening online through video calls, but research suggests we could be missing out on important social factors by decreasing in our in-person interactions.
We're a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm that has assisted national and international companies solve engineering and environmental problems since 1888.
Music can change our moods, stir our emotions and even alter the levels of stress hormones in our bodies, but could your playlist also help you become more productive at work and help attention and performance?
We deliver engineering, scientific and consulting capabilities supported by niche manufacturing. We offer our Human Factors services across all industries with a specialism in Rail and Mass Transit.
With drivers often using body language and gestures to communicate while on the road, how will they interact with autonomous vehicles that can’t respond to the same social cues?
SYSTRA is one of the world’s leading engineering and consulting groups, specialising in infrastructure and mobility solutions. In the UK & Ireland, SYSTRA has been creating, improving and modernising infrastructure for more than 50 years.
We provide risk and safety support to many clients across a broad range of industry sectors, working across the entire lifecycle of facilities and equipment.
We're an award-winning Human Factors training and consultancy company, providing services to the oil and gas, COMAH, marine, aviation, financial and healthcare sectors.
Pendyne is a multi-skilled engineering consultancy delivering innovative solutions to complex projects across rail, automotive, aerospace, and defence industries, to clients in the UK and overseas.
Arup is a multidisciplinary engineering and management consultancy. We work across a range of sectors from rail and highways through to the energy sector. Our Human Factors team place all users at the heart of the design for both digital and built environment design solutions.
After the tragedy in Seoul where more than 150 people were killed during a crush in the streets during Halloween celebrations, can human factors help us understand more about crowd behaviour?
Healthcare is complex, and some projects need a little extra help to see them through. We’ll work with you to understand, evaluate and improve services with an eye on the ultimate goal of improved patient safety and culture.
At Synergy Human Factors, we are more than just consultants; we are your partners in enhancing human performance. As a boutique consultancy, our focus is entirely on you and your teams.
Companies trialling a four-day week have seen so many benefits they’ve opted to make a permanent change, so could this be the start of a major shift in the way we think about our working patterns?
We specialise in research and concept development, assessment, and project definition through analysis of the current system, development of candidate solutions, and project delivery.
We're a one-stop shop consultancy with a multidisciplinary team optimising how our customers, people, processes and equipment interact to enhance safety and performance, save money and reduce error.
When fire breaks out it’s essential to alert people as quickly as possible so they can get to safety, but what’s the most effective type of noise to make sure everyone realises what’s happening and takes action?
After the latest agreement to tackle climate change was agreed at the recent COP28 summit, what can human factors professionals do to help create a greener and more sustainable future?
We provide strategic and applied human science research and Human Factors Consultancy. We specialise in innovative cultural and behavioural analysis, technology adoption and Human Factors Consultancy.
As the COP30 climate summit draws to a close in Brazil this week, how can human factors help businesses create tackle environmental issues and build a more sustainable future?
As one of the most commonly consumed drugs in the world, how is caffeine affecting people physically and mentally and what impact could it be having on our performance throughout a working day?
Using human factors and ergonomics expertise to break down barriers faced by home care staff will create a safer, enhanced system for workers and patients, new research has revealed.
Apple’s Vision Pro VR headset has started new conversations on how we interact with the virtual world, so how can human factors improve our experience in the metaverse?
