Professor
Prof. Andrew Thatcher is the Chair of Industrial/Organisational Psychology at Wits where he specialises in sustainability and “ergonomics/human factors”. He was the recipient of the 2022/2023 NSTF-South32 Green Economy award for his work on green ergonomics and the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Social Impact in research. He is the President of the International Ergonomics Association and is an editor of the journal ‘Ergonomics.
Andrew Thatcher, the newly elected president of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) shares his background and his vision for the IEA in the next three years.