A 2021 publication which uses individual case studies to examine the conditions needed for the international automotive industry to transition to an ecological mobility industry in specific countries. [Originally posted at https://www.rosalux.eu/en/article/2066.the-need-for-transformation.html]

A 2021 research which provides a review of the expected changes in employment in Austrian and German automotive industry. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/p/clr/mwugar/213.html]

A 2021 study which utilizes adult learning, working-class, hegemonic masculinity, and political economy theories to explore the education and learning that supports engagement in the 'just transition' movement in Central Appalachia. [Originally posted at https://www.proquest.com/openview/587093b3cad9eaf9a0bfd85fad29921e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y]

A 2022 report which explores some potential futures for the automotive sector, looking at 4 different scenario. [Originally posted at https://www.fnh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/synthese_automobile-en.pdf]

A 2021 study firstly analyzes the materiality of the Austrian automotive industry and secondly links these structural features to meaning-making and the articulation of crisis construals and imaginaries by workers and their representatives. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621002735]

A 2022 statement which came out after the coalition of industry, trade unions, employers, and environmental organizations, as they jointly called for a 'just transition' framework within the new rules to accelerate structural change in the industry. It argues that the existing EU Just Transition Fund’s resources cannot be spread thinner as they are already needed for the important challenge in the coal-dependent and carbon-intensive regions and industries. However, they can offer a model for a 'just transition' for the broader automotive and mobility ecosystem. [Originally posted at https://www.ceemet.org/publications/category-1/co2-standards-trilogue-urgent-need-for-inclusion-of-a-just-transition-framework-for-europes-automotive-workforce/]

A 2022 conference proceedings which reflect the views of the stakeholders (policymakers, industry leaders, academia, and researchers) on the impact of the ongoing electric vehicle transition on the workforce of the automotive and transport industries and ways to ensure a 'just transition'. The proceedings also highlight some of the recommendations shared by the stakeholders on minimizing the adverse impacts of the transition and the need for skill development initiatives, at the national and state levels, to optimize employment opportunities and reduce skill shortages during the electric vehicle transition. [Originally posted at https://www.wri.org/research/just-transition-and-skill-development-electric-vehicle-industry]

A 2020 paper which examines the complex terrain of adoption of digital technologies of production in the automotive industry in India to understand two key aspects: first, the conditions of adoption and second, the impact of digitization on work relations. [Originally posted at https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/Studien/Studien_9_Industry_engl_web.pdf]

A 2022 report which report presents the key findings and policy recommendations of a study examining the issues pertaining to a ‘just transition’ to zero/low-carbon vehicles for the automotive sector, drawing on case study research from the West Midlands region in the UK, and the North Adelaide area of South Australia. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/enabling-a-just-transition-in-automotive-evidence-from-the-west-midlands-and-south-australia/]

A 2021 paper which presents a systematic map of the literature that examines the impact of historical coal phase-out processes on women and their role in these processes. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5985]

A 2021 report which proposes three policy options to uplift communities that is suffering from financial downfall during the energy transition shift by providing subsidies to renewable energy companies that expand operations in former coal communities, reclaim the land, and provide job retraining. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180202.html]

A 2020 report which highlights successes from 2019-2020 and provides case studies of projects that advance community development amidst abandoned mine lands, or in some cases by reclaiming abandoned mine features as part of the project. [Originally posted at https://appvoices.org/resources/AML-RAC/AML_RAC_report-2020-b-low-res.pdf]

A 2016 report which brings together two long-standing rural sociological traditions to address debates framed at the national level and for Appalachian communities facing the throes of transition from the coal industry. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ruso.12098]

A 2018 report on the Just Transition Fund which is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal. [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fda3b73811ec6ecfc5dbfcb/5fda3b73811ec62ddc5dc03b_jtf-MovementGrantmaking-report-2018-Final.pdf]

A 2020 study which proposes a recovery program for Ohio that is capable of exerting an effective counterforce against the state’s economic collapse in the short run while also building a durable foundation for an economically viable and ecologically sustainable longer-term recovery. [Originally posted at https://peri.umass.edu/images/OhioGreenGrowth_101920_FINAL_230.pdf]

A 2021 study which identifies Appalachian counties that have successfully transitioned from dependence on coal while sustaining growth, and assesses factors that facilitate more successful community transition. [Originally posted at https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/531201635134585522/pdf/Socioeconomic-Transition-in-the-Appalachia-Coal-Region-Some-Factors-of-Success.pdf]