Newsletter 10/2023

Welcome to the ENETOSH Newsletter 2023!

This is our second e-newsletter, published in October 2023, just in time for the International Congress at A+A in Düsseldorf, where ENETOSH is co-hosting a joint workshop with OSHAfrica, a joint networking meeting with the Section Education and Training for Prevention of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), as well as actively participating in a workshop of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).

In this newsletter you will find some very interesting contributions on various topics. We hope you enjoy reading it and would be pleased if you have any comments, questions or suggestions and send us an e-mail: enetosh@dguv.de

Best wishes,
Ulrike Bollmann & Claus Dethleff
President of ENETOSH / Web Editor of https://enetosh.net/

Overview October 2023

There is nothing more practical than a good theory (Kurt Lewin)

Hiltraut Paridon: Evidence-based teaching and learning
Paul Swuste & Frank van Dijk: How to assess the quality of academic safety and health education?

Digitalisation – tipping point for a culture of prevention?

Maurizio Curtarelli & Emmanuelle Brun: Digitalisation at work: world of opportunities or potential risks?
Lucie Kocůrková: Competent university teachers for digital learning in OSH

Spotlight on for the next generation

Cleo Varianou-Mikellidou & Georgios Boustras: Early Career Researcher Board – Safety Science Journal
Maren Jennings & Peter Paulus: Good Healthy Schools Initiative (GHSI) – Connecting experts, sharing insights, shaping the future of education
J. David Magee: OSH Literacy – the fourth essential life-skill literacy for the 21st Century

Sustainable networking in OSH

Paolo Sacco: Occupational Hygienist Training, Qualification and Certification Systems
Gyula Szabó: Create, teach and apply ergonomics in educational institutions
Alison van Keulen: Renewed commitment to communicating and engaging on Vision Zero

Exciting upcoming events

Ulrike Bollmann: Higher education as the key to training the next generation of safety and health professionals – a dialogue between continents
Ulrike Bollmann: Promoting the well-being of teachers in a "smart" school
Vinka Longin Peš: European Forum of Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases, Conference in Zagreb
Mariko Yamada: The Global Initiative for Safety, Health, and Wellbeing @EXPO2025 and Beyond for the Happiness of All Global Citizens

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There is nothing more practical than a good theory (Kurt Lewin) (Kopie)

This quote from Kurt Lewin, who fled Germany in 1933, seems more relevant than ever. "In view of the knowledge intensity of today's work and the flood of information, there is a need for systematic orientations that help to explain realities in a reflective way and can give direction to action - beyond the impositions of everyday life and mere routines." (Bernd Käpplinger) This also concerns education and training in occupational safety and health.

Digitalisation – tipping point for a culture of prevention? (Kopie)

The "tipping point" is not only known from the discussion about climate change: dramatic climate changes in a very short time with irreversible consequences, such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Digitalisation represents such a critical point, such a tipping factor for the education system. With the introduction of chat GPT at the latest, the traditional pupil-teacher relationship "tilts" irreversibly. This poses new challenges for the integration of safety and health in education and training, from the generation of content to didactic methods to the safety and health of students and teachers.

Spotlight on for the next generation (Kopie)

The next generation sits on the shoulders of the old and therefore sees further than they do (Bernard of Chartres, d. after 1124). What does this mean for OSH as it moves from thinking in terms of "ages of safety" (Andrew Hale) to the performance of 21st century skills? What is the significance of occupational safety and health for the next generation? What are the right research questions on the future of work? How can safety and health be meaningfully integrated into education?

Sustainable networking in OSH (Kopie)

How can something as dynamic as networking be sustainable? What does sustainability mean in a self-accelerating world? Do OSH networks (e.g. the EU-OSHA Official Campaign Partner network, ENSHPO, EPOH, FEES, ENETOSH, ISHCOO, OSHAfrica) sharpen sensitivity to particular issues and pursue these issues continuously over time? Or is the special characteristic of the network openness to new questions, new people and new cooperations?

Exciting upcoming events (Kopie)

A+A Congress 2023: Workshop on SDG 8 in university education
Online event on teachers wellbeing in the digital age
European Forum Accident Prevention
The Global Initiative for Safety, Health, and Well-being @EXPO2025

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