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.

尽管在关联人因工程学（Human Factors and Ergonomics，HFE）与可持续发展领域已取得显著进展，但现有研究在探讨HFE的作用时仍缺乏精准性，尤其针对可持续发展目标（Sustainable Development Goals，SDGs）相关议题的探讨更为不足。本研究系统梳理了HFE对SDGs的具体贡献，并为目标达成提供战略行动路径。本研究采用的方法论包括：运用PRISMA标准界定研究样本，借助SciMAT与VOSviewer开展可视化与时间维度的主题图谱分析，同时采用演绎式内容分析与分类分析方法。研究结果表明，HFE对各类SDGs均已形成丰富且独特的贡献体系，并非仅局限于与HFE关联度最高的SDG8（体面工作）。HFE的重要性在多个维度得以凸显，例如工业4.0技术的可持续应用（SDG9）、可持续生产（SDG12）、能源（SDG7）与城市系统（SDG11）的发展等领域。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SDGs的具体目标战略行动方案。本研究进一步明确了HFE对SDGs的具体贡献范畴，涵盖工业4.0技术的可持续应用、可持续生产、能源与城市系统的发展等内容，政策制定者、行业从业者与科研人员可借助本研究提出的战略路径，进一步推动SDGs的落地实施。