Human Factors Hub

Here you'll find links to news, insights and guidance designed to inspire and equip you on your human factors journey - whether you’re new to the discipline or an experienced professional.

We've listed the resources by sector, topic and type so you can zoom in on what you're looking for. When you click on a link, you'll be taken to a results page, where you can refine your search further. 

The Clinical Human Factors Group is a charity that works with healthcare professionals, managers and service-users partnering with experts in Human Factors from healthcare and other industries to campaign for change in the NHS and healthcare.

Erik Hollnagel is a globally recognised expert in system safety, resilience engineering, and cognitive systems engineering.

‘101’ (pronounced ‘one-oh-one’) is often used to refer to an introductory course, or a collection of elementary materials to a topic. This website contains introductory guidance on all things Human Factors.

Human Factors Transforming Healthcare aim to provide resources to anyone looking to apply HF principles in their organizations and create engagement with those considering a career in healthcare HF.​

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This blog is written by Dr Steven Shorrock, a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist.

The mission of the IEA is to elaborate and advance Human Factors / Ergonomics (HFE) science and practice, and to expand its scope of application and contribution to society to improve quality of life. It does this by working closely with its federated and affiliated societies, networks and related international organisations.

Through applied research, usability, safety advisement, and education, the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors is dedicated to the scientific study of how humans think, work, and interact within the healthcare environment.

Patient Safety Learning’s The Hub is an award-winning platform to share learning for patient safety. It is the world's largest knowledge depository on patient safety and offers a powerful combination of tools, resources, stories, ideas, case studies and good practice to anyone who wants to make care safer for patients. Its communities of interest give people a place to discuss patient safety concerns and how to address them.

Safety Differently is a thought-provoking safety blog that promotes innovative and critical thinking in the field of occupational and organisational safety. It is crafted by professionals and enthusiasts from diverse industries around the world, aiming to challenge traditional safety paradigms and empower a community of changemakers

Prof. Sidney Dekker is a globally renowned expert in Human Factors, Safety Science, and Systems Thinking.

Do you know the science behind what works and doesn’t work when it comes to keeping people safe in your organisation? 

Each week join Dr Drew Rae and Dr David Provan from the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University on The Safety of Work Podcast as they break down the latest safety research and provide you with practical management tips.

Todd Conklin holds a Ph.D. in organisational behaviour from the University of New Mexico.  He speaks all over the world to executives, groups and work teams who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the workers in the field and the organization’s systems, processes, and programs.