A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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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)
Recent News, Opinion, and Research
A new book and report on UBI research in the UK
In August, 2022, a new book and a new report on UBI research in the UK were published. The book is The macroeconomics of basic income by Zsófi Kőműves, Chris Thoung, and Jakub Zagdanski. It was published by Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics and can be...
A new book on the case for UBI in South Africa and beyond
Readers and BIEN members might be interested in a new book, IN THE BALANCE: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond, which has just been published and is drawing good reviews.It's available from online retailers, New York University Press (for...
BIEN: The precarious beginnings of a worldwide network
BIEN has made a crucial contribution to the worldwide awareness of the idea of an unconditional basic income. For this to happen, perseverance was key, but also technology. Philippe Van Parijs reflects on the shaky birth of our network in this article published in The...
Basic Income as a vote winner
Start: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 6:00 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00) End: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 7:30 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00). This is an online event. Register and...
A discussion on Clarification of Basic Income: “A NON-SEIZABLE Income and A SCORECARD concept for Evaluation of Basic Income Schemes”
On 31 August 2022 Clarification of the Basic Income Definition' Working Group' will hold its 6th Open Forum led off by a presentation by Dr. Ali Mutlu Köylüoğlu on "A NON-SEIZABLE Income and A SCORECARD concept for Evaluation of Basic Income Schemes". The Open Forum...
BIEN Congress comes to Australia in September 2022!
The annual Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress comes to Australia in 2022. Brisbane will host the three-day conference between September 26 and September 28 in a hybrid face-to-face and online format. Registration is now...
Countries that Have Tried Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a program that provides citizens of a country with a monthly or annual stipend. It is given to individuals regardless of their employment status, income, or resources they own. The objective of Universal Basic Income is to reduce...
Call for BIEN Members to Register for 2022 General Assembly
BIEN's 2022 General Assembly will be held online, on 28 September at 1pm British Summer Time (UTC +1). We kindly ask members to register to be able to attend the GA meeting. This registration is required to ensure only members participate in BIEN's decision making by...
Two Open BIEN Executive Committee Posts
Ahead of BIEN's General Assembly scheduled for 28 September (online), we have the pleasure of announcing two posts in BIEN's Executive Committee, which we invite you to run for. These posts are a Volunteer Coordinator and a Fundraising...
After Roe, Families Need Universal Basic Income More Than Ever
TIME Magazine has published an article by Stacey Rutland, the founder of Income Movement - an organization building broad grassroots coalitions in support of basic income in the United States. Rutland writes a personal story of how important an abortion was to her and...
New World Bank Publication on Cash Transfers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We know the features of the nearly 4,000 social protection responses to Covid-19 globally; but what are we learning from over two years of pandemic measures? A new paper by Ugo Gentilini, Global Lead for Social Assistance with the Social Protection and Jobs Global...
Basic Income Conversation
Basic Income Conversation seeks to spark a Conversation about basic income right across the UK. Hundreds of people are helping us get closer to a basic income for all, one Conversation at a time. You might support basic income and want more people to hear about it....