Automation and digitalisation on the transport workforce: How can the shock be prevented?

This paper analyses the results of the discovery, discussion, formulation and ranking of a list of actions to address barriers, and gaps, but also locate opportunities related to the impact of automation and digitalisation on the workforce. The process is the result of collective intelligence and consensus-building through structured discussions among stakeholders and partners/experts during a sequence of thematic area group convocations and focus groups, with the WE-TRANSFORM project. The exploration of actions to counteract negative impact and strengthen opportunities required transcribing over 70 suggestions recorded during about 25 meetings; the proceedings of the latter were reported through the rapporteurs of thematic groups' and focus groups run within thematic areas. A two-round Delphi-type of survey was then used to formulate a narrower list of the most significant actions put forward through collective intelligence, whereby a larger consensus was achieved. The survey rounds produced additionally a list of interesting candidates to be explored by next work package of the project, which is to formulate the final policy agenda. Before that, it is planned that action options will be exposed to the validation of larger numbers through parallel dissemination activities while expert and larger audience rankings will be then compared and contrasted.