The inaugural Systems Thinking in Football Webinar included a series of presentations on the application of systems thinking to understand and optimise football. The webinar was a huge success. We were overwhelmed by the number of registrations, and we would sincerely like to thank all of those who registered and attended. In total, we had … More Systems Thinking in Football Webinar recording
We are seeking members of the community for a study to understand what influences the likelihood of a hypothetical purchase on a darknet market. Darknet markets are online sites used to enable the trade of illicit drugs and other goods. If you are over 18 years old and fluent in English, you are eligible to … More CHFSTS Darknet Marketplace Study
Webinar aims The notion that football matches, teams, clubs, and leagues are complex systems is now widely recognised. Systems thinking provides useful approaches for understanding this complexity. The inaugural Systems Thinking in Football Webinar aims to engage a broad audience on the value and benefit of applying systems thinking in football. The webinar will include … More Systems Thinking in Football Webinar
Over the past five years our researchers have published a series of short articles outlining our human factors and systems thinking research in The Conversation. These quick to read and easy to digest articles cover various topics ranging from transport safety, accident causation, automation, corruption in sport, land use planning and urban design, and sports … More Read our work in the Conversation!
Researchers from our Transport and Infrastructure theme recently completed a four-year Australian Research Council funded program of research involving the application of systems Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) methods to understand and prevent the fatal five driver behaviours. The aim of the research was to use HFE methods in an integrated manner to develop new … More Applying systems thinking to the fatal five
Use this link to register for our 2020 Human Factors research symposium!
As part of a new initiative for the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems to share our work to a wider audience, we are recording presentations our researchers and PhD students have given at key international and domestic conferences. First up is Dr Scott McLean who recently presented ‘Beyond the tip of the iceberg: Using systems archetypes to understand … More Beyond the tip of the iceberg: Using systems archetypes to understand common and recurring issues in sports coaching
Much has been written regarding both the potential positive and negative impacts of fully autonomous, or ‘driverless’, vehicles. If we believe the hype, driverless vehicles will eradicate driver errors and help dramatically reduce the road toll. If we believe the naysayers, the road toll may initially increase rather than decline as driverless vehicles fail to … More Beyond the road: some of the wider societal impacts of autonomous vehicles
The Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast will be holding a Research Symposium and a suite of Methods Workshops in February 2019. Discounts apply if you attend multiple days. Hear from local and international human factors experts who will be sharing emerging research findings and providing training … More Systems Thinking: Optimising Performance and Minimising Risk
