Mechanisms in the Chain of Safety: Research and Operational Experiences in Aviation Psychology

Alex de Voogt has a Master’s in Linguistics (Leiden University, 1992), an MBA (Rotterdam School of Management, 1998) and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology (Leiden University, 1995). He is affiliated with the Work & Organizational Psychology Programme at Maastricht University and works as an Assistant Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Alex de Voogt has a commercial pilot license for helicopters and was responsible for the acquisition and development of a helicopter simulator at Maastricht University. He has been a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society since 2007. Teresa C. D’Oliveira has a first degree in Applied Psychology - Social and Organizational Psychology (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1992), a Masters in Organizational Behavior (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1995) and a PhD in Applied Psychology (Cranfield University, England, 2000). Dr. D’Oliveira is an Assistant Professor at ISPA-Institute Universitario where she is the Scientific Coordinator for the Organizational Psychology domain and where she lectures in Organizational Psychology and Human Factors. She was a board member of the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) where she was responsible for research and development activities in the field. Dr. D’Oliveira was involved in the organization and scientific committees of the 2004, 2006 and 2008 EAAP conferences.