Actionable insights for human factors and ergonomics to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping past advancements and proposing future strategic paths

Despite significant strides in linking Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) and sustainability, research lacks precision in debating HFE’s role, especially concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper maps concrete contributions of HFE to the SDGs, offering strategic actions for target achievement. The methodological approach involved the application of PRISMA to define a sample, SciMAT and VOSviewer for visual and temporal thematic mapping, deductive content analysis and categorical analysis. The results show that there is an already rich and unique set of contributions across a wide range of SDGs, not just the most common related to HFE, SDG8 (Decent work). The importance of HFE is highlighted in various aspects, such as the sustainable adoption of industry 4.0 technologies (SDG9) and the development of sustainable production (SDG12), energy (SDG7) and urban (SDG11) systems. Strategic actions specifying targets for each mapped SDG are offered for policymakers, industry professionals and researchers. This paper maps concrete contributions of HFE to the SDGs, including aspects such as sustainable adoption of industry 4.0 technologies and the development of sustainable production, energy and urban systems. Policymakers, industry professionals and researchers can benefit from the strategic pathways offered to further advance the SDGs.

尽管在人机工程学（Human Factors and Ergonomics, HFE）与可持续发展的关联研究领域已取得显著进展，但现有研究在探讨人机工程学的作用时仍缺乏精准性，尤其在涉及可持续发展目标（Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs）的议题中尤为突出。本研究系统梳理并绘制了人机工程学对可持续发展目标的具体贡献图谱，并为目标达成提供战略行动方案。研究采用的方法论包括：运用系统评价和荟萃分析优先报告条目（PRISMA）界定研究样本，借助SciMAT与VOSviewer开展可视化及时序主题图谱分析，同时采用演绎式内容分析与分类分析方法。研究结果显示，人机工程学对各类可持续发展目标均存在丰富且独特的贡献，并非仅局限于与人机工程学关联最为紧密的可持续发展目标8（体面工作，Decent Work）。人机工程学的重要价值在诸多领域得以凸显，例如工业4.0技术的可持续采纳、可持续生产、能源系统与城市系统的构建，分别对应可持续发展目标9、12、7与11。本研究为政策制定者、行业从业者与科研人员提供了针对各已梳理可持续发展目标的具体战略行动路径。综上，本研究进一步明确了人机工程学对可持续发展目标的具体贡献范畴，涵盖工业4.0技术的可持续采纳、可持续生产、能源与城市系统的构建等维度，政策制定者、行业从业者与科研人员可借助本研究提供的战略路径，进一步推进可持续发展目标的落地实施。