Ergonomics in Germany

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (38) ◽  
pp. 890-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Landau
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Personnel Management ◽  
Research Association ◽  
Broad Definition ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Physiologically Based ◽  
German Research ◽  
Wide Gap ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
German Research Association

In Germany there is a wide gap between the narrow, scientifically, technically and physiologically based definition of ergonomics and the much more comprehensive definition of “Arbeitswissenschaft” (work sciences) containing elements of industrial engineering, industrial sociology, personnel management and other application-related disciplines. This paper reviews the trends in ergonomics research and teaching over the last 100 years and describes this bifurcated development. The Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GfA, German Ergonomics Society) supports the broad definition of ergonomics. The structure and size of the GfA is explained. Memoranda prepared by the GfA and the German Research Association on the current situation in ergonomics are discussed. The incorporation of ergonomics in various branches of study is discussed and opinions are expressed on study qualifications containing elements of ergonomics and their opportunities on the labor market.

scholarly journals INSTRUMENT FOR LONG-TERM MEASUREMENT OF SUSPENDED MATTER (SILT GAUGE)

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Harald Gohren ◽  
Hans Laucht
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Suspended Sediments ◽  
Research Association ◽  
German Research ◽  
Measuring Tube ◽  
Long Term Measurement ◽  
German Research Association ◽  
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

With financial support by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) an instrument for automatic long-term measurement of suspended matter has been developed by the authors. It works on a settling method. A sample of 20 1 of water is pumped into a conical settling bottle every hour. The suspended sediments settling in a measuring tube at the bottom of the bottle are recorded by a camera. The device called "Silt Gauge" is intended for long-term measurements in shallow coastal water.

DFG-Förderung in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Fakten und Mythen zur Förderpraxis

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 99-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Joerk ◽  
Achim Wambach
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Research Association ◽  
Excellence Initiative ◽  
German Research ◽  
Party Funding ◽  
German Research Association

AbstractAcademics in the field of economic sciences are increasingly expected to solicit (research based) third party funding, even in competition with other disciplines. The recent Excellence Initiative in Germany, in which economic sciences have performed disappointingly, has shown this pressure quite plainly. This article gives an overview of the main funding programmes of the DFG (German Research Association), the assessment and decision-making process in these programmes and discusses the position of economics in the DFG funding context.

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