Workshop: Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy
On April 23rd, an online-workshop on the ethics of a Universal Basic Income is hosted by the King’s College London.
Tender for Post-Doctoral Researcher in Bath, London
The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at the University of Bath is seeking a post-doctoral research associate for a new programme of microsimulation research on Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Expedition BGE starts recruiting cities for pilot project
“Expedition Basic Income” is looking for cities and communities all over Germany to start pilot projects for an unconditional basic income.
BIEN Congress 2021 – Call for Papers
The call for papers for the BIEN Conference 2021 was extended to April 16th, 2021.
Funding Basic Income by dept-free Sovereign Money – Talk by Geoff Crocker
Geoff Crocker is the initiator of the FRIBIS team Financing UBI with a focus on money created by the government free of debt, Sovereign Money.
Here you can see the recording of his talk Funding Basic Income by dept-frеe Sovereign Money from Feb 13th, 2021 at London Futurists and Radix Think Tank.
Introduction of the Net Basic Income to the German Parliament’s Petitions Committee
On the 26.10.2020, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker introduced his model of a Net Basic Income to the German Parliament’s Petitions Committee, with the intent of a direct implementation in times of the Corona-Crisis, and with the option to extend it to a full Basic Income once the crisis has passed.
Enno Schmidt at the Financial University in Moscow, “Growth or Recession: What to Expect?”
The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow invited Enno Schmidt to the international forum “Growth or Recession: What to Expect?”
Report from the Opening Ceremony
Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) has been established at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
A Freiburg Discourse on UBI
Within the event series “Freiburg Discourses”, Prof. Dr. Friederike Spiecker and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker met at the University of Freiburg for a discussion on UBI.
First meeting of the VATUBI Group
An Austrian team of scientists established a FRIBIS group about the effects of a change in the tax system on consumption tax/value-added tax, and VAT as a form of financing the UBI.
Presentation of the Götz Werner Chair on the 19th World Basic Income Congress in Hyderabad, India
On 19th Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress in August 2019 in Hyderabad, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker and research assistant Enno Schmidt presented the Götz Werner Chair of the University of Freiburg.
Founding of the Götz Werner Chair at the University of Freiburg
The professorship, endowed by Prof. Götz W. Werner and his wife Beatrice Werner, is intended to serve research into the unconditional basic income and to provide the public debate with profound scientific results up to and including the implementation of the BGE.