This call aims to support radical workplace innovation by optimizing human-machine interactions and enhancing the value of human workers through digital technologies, while reducing health risks. Proposals should focus on integrating Industry 5.0 principles—human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience—into energy-intensive industries by mapping relevant technologies, assessing current automation practices, and developing a comprehensive Industry 5.0 framework in collaboration with stakeholders. Additionally, the projects should promote inclusive approaches addressing gender, age, and disability differences, and ensure broad dissemination of knowledge to industry, policymakers, researchers, and the public.

Expected Outcome:

Proposals should contribute to the following outcomes:

• Facilitate radical workplace innovation, optimising human-machine interactions and capitalising on the added value of human workers via digital technologies;
• Contribute to the development of innovative technologies in a human-centric way while reducing the risk and negative health impacts at work;
• Incorporate new breakthrough technologies and realise new production processes with respect to human-centric design, environmental- and societal impacts and resilience;
• Improve the capacities of actors to integrate Industry 5.0 (human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience) in the technological development processes by at the same time increasing the competitiveness of the industry.