The Research

Societal Readiness Index for Shared Autonomy

This research is part of a larger, multiyear project, called Samhälliga beredskapsnivåer för delade autonomi, financed by Vinnova, the innovation agency of Sweden, and Keolis AB, a public transit operator and subsidiary of Keolis Group, headquartered in Paris.

How do we prepare society for shared, autonomous vehicles?

Previous research into the willingness of users to be in on-demand mobility, like Uber, served as the foundation for investigations into how comfortable users might be in on-demand, autonomous mobility. Our findings revealed that people were nervous about riding in autonomous vehicles- not because they. were afraid of the technology, but because they were afraid of other people. We termed this "sharing anxiety", a concern that comes from the lack of authority figures inside a public space. This represents a significant barrier to future autonomous mobility offers.

We can make autonomous, sustainable, on-demand and equitable transportation a reality for all of society.

We are developing an index for descriptive evaluation of regions, so that city planners can understand which dimensions their region are already open to shared autonomous public transport, and which dimensions are less ready. We then hope to offer prescriptive measures for addressing these needs in short and long term.

About Us

Sigma Dolins

Industrial PhD student (completed her licentiate). Project leader for Societal Readiness Index for Shared Autonomy. Member of Mobility Transformations team at RISE. American. Likes hot sauce.

MariAnne Karlssons forskning handlar om att utveckla kunskap om relationen mellan människor och tekn

Dr. MariAnne Karlsson

Main supervisor. Develops knowledge on the multi-dimensional relationship between people and technical artifacts, including new technical solutions to support sustainable behavior. In 2015 she was was elected member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg

Dr. Helena Strömberg

Co-supervisor. Studies the role that design of products and services can play for creating the preconditions for sustainable everyday activities. Also Director of the Chalmers Master's programme in Industrial Design Engineering.

Göran Smith, PhD

Supervisor representing RISE. Unit Manager of Mobility Transformations team at RISE. Honorary Senior Principal Research Associate position at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. MaaS-system expert.

Jan Jansson

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