Guy Standing, honorary president of BIEN, noted author, and leading advocate of Basic Income will give five talks on Basic Income over the next six weeks. The presentations are:
August 20-24, 09.00-12.00: summer school seminar series on “Work, distribution and crisis in Europe”, organised by the European Forum Alpbach, Austria, which will lead up to a full justification for basic income. More information: https://www.alpbach.org/en/event/seminar-week/; organiser Lara Weisz <lara.weisz@alpbach.org>
Guy Standing takes to the street at Occupy Washington DC in 2011
September 3, 13.00: opening ‘keynote’ speech on the precariat, creativity and basic income at the Long Progress Bar festival in Brighton, England, organised by Lighthouse (a “contemporary cultural agency”). More information: https://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/the-long-progress-bar; organiser Grace Baird <gracevictoriabaird@gmail.com>
September 4, 10.00: workshop on basic income as part of the Long Progress Bar festival in Brighton, England. More information: https://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/the-long-progress-bar; organiser Grace Baird <gracevictoriabaird@gmail.com>
September 30, 09.00: Plenary speech on “The expanding precariat: Reviving empathy and universalism”, Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. More information: https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/; organiser Annie Whitelaw <ASPC@unsw.edu.au>
September 30, 15.10: Plenary forum on “Beyond Workfare: Progressive Social Policy for a Good Society”, Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. More information: https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/; organiser Annie Whitelaw <ASPC@unsw.edu.au>
