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Author: stevenshorrock

This blog is written by Dr Steven Shorrock, a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist. I work as an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner in safety critical industries. In 2025, I was awarded the status of Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS) for my practice and research in transportation, healthcare and other industries. This is the highest designation the society can bestow, showing recognition of significant contribution to the advancement or communication of psychological knowledge and practice by research, teaching, publications and public service, and by organising and developing the work of others. I am also an Adjunct Professor at University of the Sunshine Coast, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science, and Faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I blog in a personal capacity. Views expressed here are mine and not those of any affiliated organisation. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steveshorrock/ Email: contact[at]humanisticsystems[dot]com
  • Culture

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards to Help Understand Textual Data

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/11/201224/04/2023

‘What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Five Questions About Boredom, Fatigue and Vigilance

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/11/201214/04/2023

1. How different are boredom and fatigue? Both affect our ability to pay attention –…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/10/201213/10/2014

Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…

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  • Culture

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips From a User

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/07/201228/02/2023

I have received some great practical tips (and considerations for the future) from an ATC…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Reading on the Job: Fatigue, Boredom and Distraction While Underloaded

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/07/201214/04/2023

I have received a few queries asking for a view (or “the science”) on reading…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Breaks From Operational Duty and Fatigue Management

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/07/201214/04/2023

by Steve Shorrock (Adapted from HindSight, Volume 13, Summer 2011, pp. 68-69, EUROCONTROL) Guidelines from Human Factors…

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  • Culture

Safety Culture in Your Hands

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/07/201224/04/2023

(This article featured in The Controller – Journal of Air Traffic Control, April 2012.) by…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline? No.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/06/201213/10/2014

This is taken from the article “Head to head: Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline?”, published…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 2: Bridging the Gap

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/03/201217/03/2023

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 1: Surveying the Gap

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/03/201217/03/2023

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

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Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in understanding and improving work and life.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) | Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF) | BSc (Hons) MSc (Eng) PhD

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