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Changes in the world of work
The world of work is constantly changing. New developments (e.g. digitalisation, flexible working arrangements) are placing increasingly complex demands on the health of managers and employees.
Meanwhile, our understanding of health is also changing. We are increasingly moving away from traditional understandings of illness and health towards a holistic understanding of how work can be seen as health-promoting and meaningful. For us, well-being, health and productivity are not separate constructs but parts of a larger picture.
A holistic view of people and their living environments through a participatory, human-centered and interdisciplinary approach is essential here. The increasing diversity in the world of work, which among other things, is driven by demographic change and migration, must also be taken into account.
It is particularly important to us to share our research with businesses, society and politics. That is why we work closely with different partners. These include companies, statutory accident and health insurance funds, political representatives and other research institutes.
Artificial intelligence
One of the main focusus of the Institute of Occupational, Social and Preventive Medicine is to implement new technologies in occupational medicine and everyday research.
We place particular emphasis on the field of artificial intelligence.
Our goal in using innovative technologies is to proactively accompany and shape society, work and the environment in terms of occupational medicine research and to improve health promotion in the workplace.
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AI enables us to:
- Efficiently analyse large amounts of data and recognise patterns
- Use multimodal data sources for accurate risk assessment
- Develop tailor-made occupational health measures
- Detect trends that promote or harm health early
News
About the Institute
The Institute itself is also changing. On 1 April 2023, Prof. Ernst Hallier retired after 26 years as Director of the Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the Medical Faculty of Georg August University in Göttingen. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to him for his excellent expertise and enormous commitment.
Dr Sabine Zeddies has been acting director of the Institute since 1 April 2023. We would also like to thank her very much for her expertise.
Prof. Dr Susanne Völter-Mahlknecht took over as director of the Institute on 1 October 2024. The institute will be renamed the Institute for Occupational, Social and Preventive Medicine and will have a location in Wolfsburg in addition to its location in Göttingen.
In addition to our research activities, we are also committed to imparting occupational medicine knowledge to students and prospective occupational medicine specialists. In cooperation with the Dean's Office, this institute is responsible for teaching occupational medicine and social medicine, as well as the interdisciplinary areas of health economics and health systems (Q3) and clinical environmental medicine (Q6). Another focus is on policy advice and committee work.
contact information
- e-mail address: susanne.voelter-mahlknecht(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- Fachärztin für Arbeitsmedizin
- Fachärztin für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten
- Mitglied des Ausschusses für Arbeitsmedizin (AfAMed) des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS)
- Weiterbildungsermächtigung für den Facharzt "Arbeitsmedizin" (Ärztekammer Berlin)
- Mitglied der Sachverständigenkommissionen beim Institut für Medizinische und Pharmazeutische Prüfungsfragen (IMPP)
- Vorstandsmitglied der Fachgesellschaft DGAUM (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arbeits- und Umweltmedizin)
- Mitglied des AG "Zukunft der Arbeit nach Corona" der Leopoldina - Working Group "future of work"
- Mitglied des Ehrenrats der DGAUM
contact information
- e-mail address: cedric.donati(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
