WEF-FABI Online Seminar Series Presentation 3: Universal Basic Income Jurgen De Wispelaere (University of Bath) Basic income is increasingly considered a key feature in making social protection more inclusive and universal. As part of this approach basic income is often pushed as a social and economic right or even a human right. This presentation outlines […]
WEF-FABI Online Seminar Series Presentation 4: Water-Energy-Food Nexus Mike Jacobson (Penn State University) The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is a useful framework for addressing complex transdisciplinary natural resource and environmental challenges in integrated, innovative ways. Practitioners of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus have recognized that an integrated approach, which assesses trade-offs and synergies in resource management instead of […]
WEF-FABI Online Seminar Series Presentation 5: Social Protection Leo de Haan (International School of Social Studies, The Hague) AF Kamanzi (University of Namibia) Social protection, once a peripheral topic in development talks, gained prominence in the late 1990s. Initially seen as too costly for developing nations and primarily benefiting formal sector workers, it evolved with […]
WEF-FABI Online Seminar Series Presentation 6: Empirical Normative Research Tobias Jäger (University of Freiburg The social contract has a long theoretical history. However, the empirical utilization of this idea is still rarely observed. This presentation focuses on the empirical relevance of social contract experiments to justify normative statements. The foundation of normative goals beyond efficiency […]