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Human factors science, made accessible.
Human Factors Cast Foundation Limited conducts scientific research and communicates psychology, engineering, ergonomics, and human factors in formats people can use.
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Clear science for better decisions in technology, safety, design, and daily life.
Our purpose
Research is useful when people can reach it.
Human factors asks how people interact with the tools, tasks, environments, and organizations around them. Its findings can help explain why a product is hard to use, why an instruction fails, or why a system invites an error.
Much of that knowledge stays inside research papers, specialist meetings, and separate professional fields. The Foundation brings ideas across those boundaries through public education, media, and research communication.
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Several ways into the same science.
Educational media
Human Factors Cast and Human Factors Minute offer different ways to hear research and practice discussed in plain language.
Meet the programsResearch communication
Conference coverage and the volunteer Digital Media Lab carry ideas beyond a single event, format, or professional group.
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For specialists and curious people alike.
We serve practitioners, students, researchers, educators, designers, engineers, safety professionals, and members of the public. You do not need a subscription to read the resources on this site.
The Human Factors Cast podcast began in 2016. The Foundation formed in 2026 and now operates the podcast as one of its public science communication programs.
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