Future of Work: Scenario Planning for COVID-19 Recovery

Abstract: 

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread lockdowns across the world in early 2020, with major implications to spatial and temporal commuting patterns as a result of increased work from home (also known as telework) activities. There has been a high degree of uncertainty on what work from home impacts will persist in the future. In this report, we first conduct a thorough review of news articles, published reports, and peer-reviewed literature to summarize telework trends. We also use scenario planning to bring together ten experts from academia, public sector, industry, and commercial real estate in two 1.5-hour long workshops to discuss the impacts of telework on transportation, housing, commercial real estate, and land use.

Author: 
Pan, Alexandra
Shaheen, Susan, PhD
Publication date: 
November 15, 2022
Publication type: 
Research Report
Citation: 
Pan, A., & Shaheen, S. (2022). Future of Work: Scenario Planning for COVID-19 Recovery. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/23x277qd