Work more efficiently digitally
The GAT Institute hosted a meeting to promote healthy and efficient digital working conditions.
On September 13, 2024, a significant event took place at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA). The GAT Institute on the Görlitz campus hosted this special meeting, which marked an important milestone in the collaboration to promote healthy and efficient digital working conditions.
Special emphasis was placed on the work of the GAT Institute’s Digital Stress Working Group, which conducts research in Görlitz on innovative AI solutions to address the challenges of the digital workplace. The group develops and tests practical approaches aimed at reducing digital stress and making the workday healthier. At the same time, the GAT Institute plays a key role in the further development of the BASA 4 method. This method aims to systematically promote and safeguard mental health in the workplace over the long term. Through projects such as these, the institute is making a decisive contribution to ensuring that the digital workplace is not only more efficient but also more humane and healthier. Prof. Hoff also conducts significant research papers in the field of digital assistance systems. His studies aim to develop technologies that make daily life easier for older adults and facilitate care—an aspect that is becoming increasingly important in an aging society.
Prof. Schmidt's long-standing cooperation with the EU-OSHA and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), which traveled to Görlitz for the conference, also received special recognition. Since 2016, Prof. Schmidt has been responsible for the BASA procedure (Psychological Assessment of Working Conditions - Screening for Workplace Owners), which he has been continuously developing together with a BAuA employee and in cooperation with ACOEMRA GmbH. Through this holistic approach, he makes a significant contribution to health promotion and risk prevention in the workplace. The close collaboration goes back to the Ukraine, where Prof. Schmidt already cooperated with the EU-OSHA and the Polytechnic University in Odessa. The intensive exchange and cooperation at a location such as Görlitz represents a valuable opportunity to exchange knowledge and research results directly. "Sometimes the prophet comes to the mountain," commented Prof. Schmidt with a wink, as he usually travels to the various institutions himself and not the other way around.
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences considers its close collaboration with EU-OSHA and BAuA to be a major asset. This partnership gives the university the opportunity to further advance practice-oriented research and forward-looking developments in the fields of occupational health and safety. This makes it possible to translate scientific findings directly into practice and thereby make the workplace of tomorrow healthier and safer.
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