by Manisha Anantharaman | Feb 3, 2025 | Events, News
The concept of sufficiency has gained traction in both public and scholarly debates in recent years as an organizing principle to direct the ecological transition. However, there are few evaluations of sufficiency policies to date, and even less is known about sufficiency elsewhere in the world. Sufficiency is a fast-evolving field for policy innovation in many emerging economies, which are tasked with addressing the significant environmental footprints of its growing consumer classes. To understand how current and future sufficiency policies can be better designed and implemented across contexts, it is crucial to learn from diverse global experiences. This roundtable will bring together around 30 researchers and practitioners at Sciences Po to have an open, in-depth, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue on policies for sufficiency in emerging economies.
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by Toru Yamamori, Annie Miller | Jan 31, 2025 | Events, News
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), at its general assembly in 2019, created the Working Group for Clarification of Basic Income Definition. Since then we have had online open forum, including at the online venue of the BIEN congress in 2021 Glasgow and in 2022 Brisbane, and had an hybrid open forum at the 2024 Bath Congress. We are going to finalize our discussions by our Congress in August this year in Brazil.
We would like to make an open call for the final round of collective discussion. We expect to have several sessions from March to May. Each online session run around 90 – 120 minutes, started with speaker’s presentation(s) with discussions following. Each session would host 1 or 2 speakers. If you are interested in speaking, please show your interest by email both to anniemillerBI@gmail.com and toruyamamori@gmail.com, by 20 February. We might be able to accommodate later submission, but we would appreciate earlier submission.
After we and the speakers agree on the date, we expect speakers will send us a draft paper for their presentation at least a few weeks before the session. In June and July, the working group would work for making a final report on the ‘Clarification of Basic Income definition’. Papers presented at open forum might be attached to the report as appendicies.
by Marie-Laure Mulayi | Dec 17, 2024 | Events, News
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to invite you tothe Basic Income in Belgium (BABEL) Closing Event, happening online on January 24, from 12:00PM to 2.30PM (CET). The BABEL project is a comprehensive research initiative examining Basic Income proposals in Belgium. Over the course of this project, researchers from the KU Leuven, the University of Antwerp, and UC Louvain delved into the impacts of Basic Income on poverty reduction, labor market participation, and its political feasibility within Belgium’s welfare state—and beyond. At this event, we will present the key findings of the project, complemented by insightful reflections from renowned scholars.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and engage with the latest research shaping the conversation around Basic Income!
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by Reinhard Huss | Nov 20, 2024 | Events, News
When? Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:30-8:00 PM UK GMT
Where? Online (Zoom)
UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab Leeds, UBI Lab Network and Basic Income Ireland present:
Please join us for the fifth in our special series of discussions dedicated to reflecting on what we can learn from the Irish Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme, as it unfolds. The Government of Ireland is running a Basic Income pilot that began in September 2022. 2000 artists and cultural workers will receive a weekly unconditional income of €325 weekly for a period of three years. This fifth session will be an opportunity to check-in with some of the artists involved in the pilot scheme and learn from them about how it is affecting them and their creative communities.
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by Neil Howard | Nov 12, 2024 | Events, News
This two-hour conversation with Dr. Karina Dotson and Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes will see the researchers behind the pioneering OpenResearch Unconditional Basic Income Pilot to present their initial results. This pilot was one of the largest UBI pilots to date and has generated significant media interest due to its scale, quality, and association with OpenAI Founder, Sam Altman. The pilot randomly assigned 1000 individuals to receive $1000 per month and 2000 individuals to receive $50 per month for three years. The study has involved multiple rounds of survey and in-depth qualitative research looking at impacts on work, wellbeing, health, education, and more. The session will combine an extended presentation and ample time for questions.
When? 3pm UK Time, Weds Nov 13th
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by Scott Santens | Oct 28, 2024 | Events, News
Washington, DC, October 25, 2024 – The Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA), founded by globally renowned Universal Basic Income (UBI) expert Scott Santens, is proud to announce the successful completion of its $1.5 million fundraising goal for 2024. This milestone was achieved through a generous $500,000 grant and a matching $500,000 donation contingent upon raising an additional $500,000, which was accomplished with smaller grants from mission-aligned nonprofits and the help of individual supporters.
Approaching its third year of operation, ITSA Foundation remains committed to its mission “to support ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income (UBI) through research, storytelling, and implementation.” After raising $53,000 in its first year, the Foundation’s success in hitting this year’s ambitious fundraising goal reflects remarkable growth in both reach and fundraising capacity.
To read the full press release, click here.