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Maria Chiara Leva is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Safety in Technological University Dublin and the Lead of the Human Factors for Safety and Sustainability Research Centre. She is also a visiting research Fellow in the Centre for Innovative Human Systems in Trinity College Dublin. Her area of Expertise is Safety Management Systems and Human factors. Chiara holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering conferred by the Polytechnic of Milano Department of Industrial Engineering. Her PhD focused on Human and Organizational factors in Safety Critical System in Transport Sector. She is the co-chair of the tecnicla committee on human factors for the ueropena Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA), and former chair of The Irish Humn Factors Ergonomics Society and has been working in Ergonomics and Risk Assessment as a consultant since 2008. More than 56 publications on Human Factors, Operational Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Science and Engineering Journals Researchgate profile, Google Scholar profile
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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IRC PEPS postdoctoral application Enrique Munoz de Escalona
Leva, M. (PI)
1/09/22 → 1/12/24
Project: Career Development › Recognised Researcher (HRS4R - R2)
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Machinery Safety in VET
Leva, M. (PI) & Dunne, J. (CoI)
1/09/21 → 30/05/24
Project: Knowledge and Technology Transfer › education
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Resubmission Collaborative Intelligence Training Network
Leva, M. (PI)
10/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Career Development › Early-Stage Researcher (HRS4R - R1)
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Human-AI Teaming Platform for Maintaining and Evolving AI Systems in Manufacturing
Leva, M. (PI) & Curtin, J. (CoI)
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
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Classifying Control Room Operators’ Performance Using Bayesian Networks
Briwa, H., Madsen, A. L. & Leva, M. C., 2026, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty - 18th European Conference, ECSQARU 2025, Proceedings. Sauerwald, K. & Thimm, M. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 17-30 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16099 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Decision support impact and error prediction in control room: A behavioural data analysis
Amazu, C. W., Mietkiewicz, J., Abbas, A. N., Baldissone, G., Fissore, D., Demichela, M., Madsen, A. L. & Leva, M. C., Aug 2026, In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 272, 22 p., 112616.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating mental workload in executive function-based tasks
Khan, B. A., Coyne, R., Gormley, M., Leva, M. C. & Cromie, S., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Cognition, Technology and Work.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human-Centered Evaluation of Control and Perception Interface Factors in a Teleoperational Cutting Task
Ramos, I. F., Sagar, K., Long, P., Leva, M. C., Damiani, E. & Gianini, G., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications. 112, 2, 19 p., 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mitigating Interruptions in Digital Reading: Strategic Pauses and Note-Taking for Enhanced Cognitive Performance
Hacioglu, N., Leva, M. C., Kim, N. & Lee, H., 2026, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025 - 20th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. Ardito, C., Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, S., Conte, T., Freire, A., Gasparini, I., Palanque, P. & Prates, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 109-132 24 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16109 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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