Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink, sci­en­ti­fic direc­tor of the Insti­tu­te for Tech­no­lo­gy and Work e.V. at the TU Kai­sers­lau­tern, was appoin­ted to the "Future of Work" task force of the Inter­na­tio­nal Ergo­no­mics Asso­cia­ti­on (IEA). The task force wants to work out an inter­na­tio­nal sta­te of the art for the chan­ge of the world of work and deri­ve from it rese­arch needs for natio­nal or regio­nal indus­tri­al sci­ence socie­ties as well as the Tech­ni­cal Com­mit­tees of the IEA.

At the 65th Spring Con­gress of the Socie­ty for Human Fac­tors and Ergo­no­mics (GfA) in Dres­den, Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink, Sci­en­ti­fic Direc­tor of the Insti­tu­te for Tech­no­lo­gy and Work at the TU Kai­sers­lau­tern and Seni­or Rese­arch Pro­fes­sor "Indus­tri­al Manage­ment and Human Fac­tors" in the Depart­ment of Eco­no­mics at the TU, was award­ed hono­ra­ry mem­ber­ship of the GfA. With this he is hono­u­red for his out­stan­ding achie­ve­ments and merits within the GfA.