As the world confronts profound socio-political and ecological challenges, there is a growing need to rethink foundational concepts in political philosophy and public policy. The transition to more sustainable societies demands not only technological innovations but also a radical reconfiguration of our political, economic, and ethical frameworks. This call for papers invites contributions that explore the theoretical and practical dimensions of the ecological transition, focusing on the roles that Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) and other transformative policies may play in this shift.
To read more and submit a paper proposal, click here.
ATTENTION: FINAL DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION EXTENDED!
We announce that the deadline for paper submission for the 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) has been extended to March 20th. This is the final deadline to submit your proposal.
If you haven’t submitted your work yet, you can find the details of the call here. Submissions for panels, papers, posters, and cultural productions are welcome in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The 24th Congress of the BIEN will take place from August 27 to 29, 2025, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In addition to the main Congress event, taking place in Niterói, two pre-congress events will be held in the city of Maricá:
• Latin America Day – August 25 • Early Career Day – August 26: You can find the call for papers for this day here.
Event registration is available at a discounted rate for early-bird participants until April 30. See you in Brazil! Information: www.bien2025.com.br
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.
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.
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!
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.
ATTENTION: FINAL DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION EXTENDED! 
We announce that the deadline for paper submission for the 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) has been extended to March 20th. This is the final deadline to submit your proposal.
If you haven’t submitted your work yet, you can find the details of the call 
The 24th Congress of the BIEN will take place from August 27 to 29, 2025, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In addition to the main Congress event, taking place in Niterói, two pre-congress events will be held in the city of Maricá:
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