“Welfare&Ergonomia” Has Been Promoted to Class A
One year after receiving scientific recognition for Area 14, we are pleased to announce that the journal Welfare&Ergonomia has been promoted to Class A by ANVUR. The journal, published by Franco Angeli, examines the challenges and opportunities of welfare in a historical moment characterized by uncertainty. Through its monographic issues, it proposes the study of citizens’ well-being and safety issues, combining established knowledge in the field of social policies with the multidisciplinary approach of ergonomics.
The aim is to explore topics revolving around people and their well-being. Welfare in its various forms constitutes the body of social policies aimed at affirming citizenship rights, although in recent decades certain modifications have altered its original framework, calling into question equity between generations and genders, between those who have and do not have employment, and among professional categories. Ergonomics as a method is linked to technological development, although over the years it has broadened its areas of interest and has consistently applied a participatory design methodology, addressing culture, inclusion, integration, and professional awareness, while remaining an operational tool for health and safety in the workplace.
The integration of the two disciplines allows social issues to be examined from different interpretive perspectives, combining, among other things, practice and theory: welfare through the introduction of laws on mandatory insurance against risks arising from work performed; ergonomics through the design of spaces, tools, and production processes based on workers’ specific capabilities.
