Professor Andrew Thatcher is Chair of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is past Chair of the Human Factors and Sustainable Development Technical Committee of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), Chair of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)'s Future of Work Task Force, and Co-Chair of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Social Impact Sub-Committee. He publishes in the area of ergonomics/human factors and sustainability looking at human interactions with sustainable systems. He is an Editor of the journal “Ergonomics” and sits on the editorial boards of several other international journals. He is a Past-President of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa and currently chair of their Professional Affairs Board.
