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Social Europe Blog and UBI
Social Europe is an influential blog that some years ago published some articles both for and against Basic Income that Philippe Van Parijs edited into a book. The blog has now returned to the subject with a new post, A European basic income? The ethos is now...
The BIEN hubs project: Appointment of a Co-ordinator
Since 1986, BIEN has facilitated the global Basic Income debate. It is now looking forward to an exciting new three-year BIEN Hubs project, funded by the Mustardseed Trust, that will further expand and globalise its activity, and enable it to meet the many demands now...
Workshop on the Catalan Universal Basic Income Pilot Project
Dear all, we are pleased to invite you to the Workshop on the Catalan Universal Basic Income Pilot Project. It will take place on Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April and will be accessible online...
Digital conference: Universal Basic Income and Debt-free Sovereign Money
The University of Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies, together with the Berlin based think tank polisphere are holding a digital conference on Wednesday 23.03.2022 chaired by Geoff Crocker, author of 'Basic Income and Sovereign Money‘ and editor of the web...
New publication! Basic Income and the Social Investment State
New publication! Basic Income and the Social Investment State: Towards Mutual Reinforcement? by Luke Martinelli and Yannick Vanderborght in European Journal of Social Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1177/13882627221085019 Is a social investment strategy compatible with the...
Deadline for BIEN 2022 paper proposals extended to April 1
BIEN’s 2022 Congress will be held in Brisbane, Australia, from Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th September 2022. This will be a hybrid face to face and online event. The main face-to-face event will take place in Brisbane.BIEN 2022 hybrid. Call for papers: Abstracts...
UBI project in Democratic Republic of Congo expanded
Eight, a NGO that provides Unconditional monthly cash transfers to people in extreme poverty for two years, in collaboration with IPIS, the Belgian Development Cooperation, Fairphone, Umicore and Proximus, announces the expansion of its basic income pilot...
Common pamphlet from Nordic BIENs: Basic Income – Cornerstone of the Nordic Welfare State
The Nordic Basic Income Earth Networks have published a common pamphlet featuring nine articles. With this pamphlet, they urge the Nordic governments to introduce universal basic income and show a roadmap for a more just and sustainable world, as...
Two Podcasts on UBI from SocialProtection.org
The first episode of the year in the Social Protection Podcast brings a radical proposal for extending social protections: the Universal Basic Income, or UBI. Fundamentally, a universal basic income is a benefit provided in cash without conditions to everyone. It is a...
Online Conference March 3-4: Freedom, Justice and Esteem: Perspectives from an Unconditional Basic Income
Unconditional basic income continues to be a subject of lively debate – both in academia and in the public and political spheres. From a philosophical and social science perspective, the questions it raises are: Would such an income increase our individual freedom?...
BIEN Congresses
The 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
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BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)