Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Ergonomics
For a Special Issue on
Beyond Compliance and Control: Human Trust, Mental Models, and Cognitive Adaptation from Automated to AI-Augmented Work
Manuscript deadline
Special Issue Editor(s)
Angelika C. Bullinger-Hoffmann,
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
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Marco De Angelis,
University of Bologna, Italy
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Felix Siebert,
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
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Beyond Compliance and Control: Human Trust, Mental Models, and Cognitive Adaptation from Automated to AI-Augmented Work
This special issue is connected to the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter (HFESec), held 22-24 April 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Conference website: https://www.hfes-europe.org/annual-meeting/
The issue is open beyond conference contributors and welcomes submissions from the wider research community aligned with the scope of the call.
High level subject areas:
Human factors and ergonomics; Cognitive ergonomics; Human-automation interaction; Sociotechnical systems; Mobility and transport; Industrial human factors; Human-AI interaction
Medium level subject areas:
Cognitive ergonomics: trust calibration and reliance in automation, mental models of automated and AI systems, situation awareness in human–machine systems. mental workload in AI-assisted tasks, decision-making under automation and AI support, levels of automation and function allocation
Organisational ergonomics: human–AI teaming and team composition, information inquiry and communication in human–AI decision-making, technology acceptance of automated and AI systems, algorithmic management and worker agency