Preparing the Future?Workforce for the?Era of?Automated?Vehicles (WEAVE)

WEAVE uses a convergent approach, drawing from organizational psychology, economics, sociology, geography, technology, and transportation engineering, to analyze who, why, and how driving occupations will be affected by AVs. A team of researchers from Michigan State University and Clemson University received a grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a four-year research study examining the impacts of autonomous vehicles on the future workforce. We are focusing on the workforce in the state of Michigan in 3 particular areas: -Long distance and freight trucking -Taxi -Ride hailing Specific goals for this project include examining: -How driving jobs will change in response to automation of vehicles and what new skills will be required. -How willing and able workers are to adapt to the changing nature of driving jobs, and whether the changing nature of jobs will disadvantage some groups of workers more so than others. -The anticipated downstream impacts on drivers (i.e., employment trends and income inequality) in the transportation industry, organizations and society. Please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] for more information on how you or your company can participate.