Lectures by Prof. Bernhard Neumärker on Basic Income in the Climate Crisis
In May 2022, Bernhard Neumärker gave two lectures addressing the potential of basic income in the climate crisis. His May 19 lecture was at the invitation of Students for Future Freiburg and was entitled "Climate Justice and New Ordoliberalism: The Case for Social...
“Is a Penny a Month a Basic Income?” – Best Paper Award for Toru Yamamori from the FRIBIS Team Universal Basic Income & Gender
In his new paper: "Is a Penny a Month a Basic Income? A Historiography of the Concept of a Threshold in Basic Income", Prof. Toru Yamamori examines the definition of Universal Basic Income under the question of a threshold. Based on its basic pillars:...
May/June 2022: Basic Income Workshop Series hosted by Karl Widerquist (online)
In the summer term 2022 Karl Widerquist was hosting a workshop series that featured lectures by international guest speakers from the field of basic income research. Detailed Information and the Live-Stream-Link you can find below. Six lectures had been scheduled for...
14 June 2022: Talk on the justification and the need for the Catalan Basic Income Pilot by Bru Laín and Àngel Ferrero
Àngel Ferrero, media spokesman for the Office of the Pilot Project for the Implementation of an Universal Basic Income in Catalonia, will be giving a brief introduction about the Office and will be talking about its history, structures and functions. Then, Bru Laín...
16 May 2022: Lecture at University Freiburg on the prehistory of private property by Karl Widerquist
On May 16, 2022, Götz Werner Visiting Professor Karl Widerquist will give a lecture on the prehistory of private property and its implications for modern political theory. In 2021 he published a monograph on the lecture topic together with Grant S. McCall. This book...
PBGE-Teammember Michael von der Lohe stops with the “Omnibus für direkte Demokratie” at Freiburg
Michael von der Lohe, member of the FRIBIS team "Partizipation und BGE - 'Narrative' der Zukunft", is again on the road throughout Germany with the Omnibus für Direkte Demokratie from April to November. From 09-11 May, the initiative will be present on the square of...
Lecture by Bernhard Neumärker on the Net Basic Income at the University of Gießen
A recent lecture series at the University of Gießen (Winter Semeter 2021/22) took a look at "solutions for a just and more equitable economic order ". The series focused on rethinking the economy to achieve a more sustainable economic future. Considering the topic, it...
CfP – Anthology – Participation and Basic Income – ‘Narratives’ of the Future
The thesis that a basic income would have a positive impact on people's participatory opportunities has been repeatedly postulated politically and discussed scientifically for some years now. Christian Greis traces the scientific debate in his sociological monograph...
UBIE Athens Academy from 31 March – 03 April 2022 supported by FRIBIS
The goal of the UBIE Athens Academy from Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April 2022 is to share knowledge, develop campaigns and foster networking around Basic Income in Europe. UBIE offers a 4 days mix of seminars, workshops and debates around Unconditional Basic...
Otto Lehto’s journey at FRIBIS: a visiting scholar talks about his time in Freiburg
In November and December 2021, philosopher and political economist Otto Lehto came to Freiburg as a FRIBIS visiting scholar. We asked him how basic income research has changed in recent years, what he had gained from his time at FRIBIS and about the research topics he...
dm-drogerie markt founder and patron of FRIBIS Götz Werner has passed away
dm-drogerie markt founder and patron of FRIBIS, Götz Werner, has passed away On 8 February 2022, Götz Werner passed away at the age of 78. He not only founded the Götz Werner Chair together with his wife Beatrice, but also established the dm-Werner Foundation, which...
Ethics of UBI: Online seminar series with international guest speakers 9 February, 2022: Louise Haagh and Otto Lehto
GWP Visiting Professor Karl Widerquist has invited some exciting guests to speak as part of his “Ethics of UBI” seminar on 2 and 9 February, 2022. The events are open to the public and will be streamed live on YouTube. 9 February, 2022, 4pm-6pm:4:00pm-5:00pm – Louise...