Reference
G.A. No. 101132685
Period:
February 2024 - August 2027
Duration:
42 months
Funding entity:
European Commission
Website
https://remaking-project.eu
Abstract
Remote Work (RW) is essentially understood as a modality that allows for the flexible organization of work. However, the REMAKING project argues that RW can be more than that. If the multiple effects that RW produces on individuals, business models, and the socioeconomic sphere are properly understood and addressed by policymakers, RW can contribute positively to ongoing social, economic, and spatial structural changes.
The REMAKING project examines RT (Resource Transformation) considering ongoing megatrends (i.e., digital transformation, flexible production models) that have enabled its continued expansion, as well as recent shocks (i.e., the pandemic and the war in Ukraine) that have consolidated its diffusion in different formats. Through this perspective, the aim is to analyze RT in a way that provides policymakers with a more holistic and balanced view of the opportunities and risks associated with this context, specifically regarding the effects of RT in rural areas and also in cities far from major urban centers (2nd-tier cities).
With this in mind, the project aims to develop an analytical framework that reflects the new and multifaceted realities associated with remote work (RT). This analytical framework should incorporate and facilitate the sharing of good practices associated with RT and assist policymakers in the decision-making processes associated with the adoption of balanced and context-appropriate policies, taking into account current megatrend and shock scenarios. These objectives will be achieved through participatory research activities associated with four case studies, each related to four specific forms of RT (digital nomadism, post-pandemic, highly skilled workers in high-tech sectors, and forced remote workers). The four case studies cover seven countries (Italy, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Ireland). In each country, the analysis will be based on a rural locality and a second-tier city.
The aim of this project is to have an impact on socio-spatial transformation processes in second-tier cities and rural localities in terms of planning, design and implementation of multi-level policies, promotion of resilience and territorial socio-economic development, and in the advanced understanding of the Resilience Network (RT) associated with all these dimensions.
In this project, CoLABOR leads WP4 "Economic and social effects of TR". This WP has four main objectives:
1. To assess the potential changes in labor market trends caused by the adoption of different remote work modalities and their effects on local employment conditions through the emergence of remote workers.
2. To analyze the impacts that displaced workers have on the socioeconomic structure of local host populations, as well as on local demographics. In this context, special attention will be given to the influx of remote workers and their effects on the local structure of occupations (local and displaced workers) and on prices (income and housing prices) in order to understand the emergence of new patterns of social mobility and/or the emergence of new social inequalities.
3. Analyze patterns of economic, cultural, and institutional “creative restructuring” potentially driven by new local demographics. It is expected that both the influx of remote workers and the local adoption of teleworking will alter local supply and demand structures, stimulate business and cultural activities, and promote new forms and processes of knowledge sharing. These effects, and related public policy initiatives, are central to this objective.
4. To assess potential changes in commuting practices, mobility patterns, and demand for new mobility services resulting from increased road traffic in the areas under analysis. In this respect, the project also aims to evaluate the implications of road traffic on the supply of public mobility services and the potential environmental gains that may result.
CoLABOR Team
Tiago Santos Pereira (coordinator)
Franco Tomassoni (co-coordinator)
Ana Alves da Silva
Ana Teixeira
Eugénia Pires
Rui Ramos
Results
(ongoing)