Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Microsimulation research on a Recovery Basic Income for the UK
The Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has published new microsimulation research on the feasibility of a Recovery Basic Income in the UK, and on the feasibility of a continuing Basic Income after the current crisis is over:...
Finland: Final results of Finland’s Basic Income Experiment released on May 6th
Picture credit to: Business Insider Finland's Basic Income Experiment was the world's first statutory, nationwide and randomized basic income experiment. That experiment, in which preliminary results have already been reported on, several research questions...
Basic income: Exit strategy or exit trap?
A new article ("Exit strategy or exit trap? Basic income and the ‘power to say no’ in the age of precarious employment") has been published by Simon Birnbaum and Jurgen De Wispelaere, analysing the "power to say no" argument as a support for basic income policies. The...
LEUVEN, BELGIUM: Basic Income Stream at ESPAnet Conference, 2-4 September 2020
Basic Income will be a major stream at the ESPAnet conference in Leuven, Belgium, 2-4 September 2020 "Basic income across Europe: Exploring variation in proposals, policy windows, and trajectories" Stream convenors: Jurgen De Wispelaere, Tim Vlandas and Hanna...
Reykjavik, Iceland: International Conference of Europeanist – Panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income
A panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income is being summoned at the next 27th International Conference of Europeanists, which will be held in Reykjavik (Iceland), on the 22-24th of June 2020. For that purpose, a Call for Papers has been launched, and submissions...
Portugal: Essay prize and congress in political science
The UBIEXP research group and the journal Ethics, Politics & Society (EPS), from the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, together with the Portuguese Basic Income association, invite submissions for a international essay prize competition on the following...
Finland: How did Basic Income become mainstream?
Johanna Perkiö, Doctoral Candidate, University of Tampere A recent article on the Finnish basic income experiment has demonstrated how ‘framing’ the benefits of basic income in specific ways can make it acceptable to a wide political spectrum. University...
Israel: Study detailing plan for implementing basic income
Economists Ori Katz (picture: on the left) and Michael Sarel (picture: on the right) believe the implementation of basic income is a task both necessary and desirable in the near future, within the Israeli social reality. So, as researchers, they conducted a thorough...
The Future of Work as seen by the OECD
Credit Picture CC(OECD/Marco Illuminati) The OECD published “The Future of Work Employment Outlook 2019”. Change is underway, driven by digitalisation, globalization, and demographic changes, and will impact each and every way in which our society operates. While on...
Leah Hamilton: “”Human again”: The (unrealized) promise of basic income in Ontario
Leah Hamilton (left) and James P. Mulvale (right) Leah Hamilton and James P. Mulvale have researched into the implications of the truncated basic income pilot in Ontario, Canada. From a set of controlled, semi-structured interviews, five participants agreed to...
United States: The National Academy of Social Insurance investigates the implementation of basic income
The National Academy of Social Insurance recently (April 2019) published a paper where the idea of implementing a relatively small basic income ($200-$400 per month, at least initially) has been explored by authors William Arnone, Peter Barnes, Renée Landers and...
UCL Institute for Global Prosperity issues report on Universal Basic Services
According to a recent report (May 2019) by UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), guaranteeing universal basic services (UBS), such as health care, education, child care, transportation and digital information, would be more beneficial to low income groups than...
BIEN Congresses
The 2020 BIEN Congress was to be held in Brisbane in Australia from the 28th to the 30th September 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the event has been cancelled. BIEN’s Executive Committee and the Scottish and Australian congress Local Organising Committees have agreed the following statement: ‘The Scottish and Australian Congress Local Organisation Committees have agreed that the current plan is to hold the 2021 BIEN congress in Scotland and the 2022 BIEN congress in Australia.’