A tribute to Götz W. Werner: New YouTube videos with Prof. Bernhard Neumärker and Enno Schmidt
Two videos on the legacy of Götz Werner produced by Enno Schmidt have just been published on the FRIBIS YouTube channel: Prof. Bernhard Neumärker draws connections between Götz Werner's various guiding entrepreneurial principles in his lecture “UBI & New...
Basic Income Globetrotter: Prof. Jurgen De Wispelaere now in Freiburg
His academic interest in Basic Income has already taken Jurgen De Wispelaere to many places: From Belgium to Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Spain, Finland, Argentina and finally Chile. His research focuses on Basic Income experiments and how they have...
The State Of The Art In Basic Income Policy: A Public Lecture Series (hosted by Prof. Dr. Jurgen De Wispelaere)
The public lecture series is the perfect opportunity to delve into some of the cutting-edge work in the field of basic income policy research. Featuring six expert authors, each discussing a key article in their research, this series promises to offer unique insights...
International Women’s Day and Universal Basic Income
Authors: Jessica Schulz and Toru Yamamori (FRIBIS Team: UBI & Gender) 50 years ago, thousands women across the U.K. gathered in London for an ‘International Women’s Day’ march. After the march, some of them occupied a post office in London. It was a symbolic act...
Philippe van Parijs: A world in crisis: boost or damper for basic income?
Some argue that global warming, the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine strengthen the case in favour of the introduction of an unconditional basic income. Others argue instead that they shatter the prospect of introducing it in the foreseeable future. Who is right?...
Announcement Seminar “Basic Income And Social Justice” at the Götz-Werner-Professorship in Summer Semester 2023
In the summer semester of 2023, the Götz Werner Professorship at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg will again offer the seminar "Basic Income and Social Justice". The seminar is aimed at Master's students with an interest in research on the topic of...
FRIBIS-Discussion-Paper: How is the declining share related to technological change – and what does this mean for the feasibility of a UBI?
As part of the FRIBIS Discussion Papers series, a new paper by Joe Chrisp, Aida Garcia-Lazaro, Nick Pearce has just been published: Technological chance and growth regimes – Assessing the case for universal basic income in an era declining labour shares. The starting...
Götz Werner and his legacy in Freiburg, on the first anniversary of his death.
The founder of the dm drugstores (dm-Drogeriemarkt), Götz W. Werner, died a year ago, on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78. He had become widely known to the public for his advocacy of a Basic Income. This income was to guarantee human dignity and be available to...
FRIBIS-Annual-Conference 2022: Impressions and review
The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2022 was entitled "Basic Income and Development" and took place in Freiburg from October 10 to 12 October 2022. In view of the current global crises, the conference posed the question to what extent a basic income could provide viable...
Keynote of Sarath Davala (BIEN): Towards a Basic Income Society: what humankind needs to do before we get there
Dr. Sarath Davala from Hyderabad, India, Chaiof the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), brings in his presentation at the FRIBIS Annual Conference 2022 the current crises together with the universal unconditional basic income (UBI). For him, the UBI is the necessary...
Miriam Laker-Oketta: Basic Income and its role in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss
An exciting and lively talk by Miriam Laker-Oketta, research director of GiveDirectly, the world's largest basic income project, on the role basic income plays in fighting climate change and preserving biodiversity. From her rich experiential knowledge, Miriam...
Proceedings of the 2021 FRIBIS Annual Conference published: Financial Issues of a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
In 2021, the first FRIBIS annual conference took place in Freiburg, Germany. It was dedicated to the topic "Financial Issues of a Universal Basic Income". Now the contributions have been published by LIT Verlag Berlin, edited by Bernhard Neumärker and Jessica...