Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies
The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) is a competence network of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg for interfacultative and interdisciplinary research of the unconditional basic income, its conditions and its impact on different parts of social and personal life. Read more
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Open for applications: FRIBIS Summer School on “Empirical methods of UBI investigations” in July 2023
FRIBIS will be hosting a three-part Summer School this year which will take place in Freiburg. Each part will focus on the topic of "Empirical Methods in UBI Investigation" but from different perspectives. The Summer School will be held in English and applications can...
A tribute to Götz W. Werner: New YouTube videos with Prof. Bernhard Neumärker and Enno Schmidt
Two videos on the legacy of Götz Werner produced by Enno Schmidt have just been published on the FRIBIS YouTube channel: Prof. Bernhard Neumärker draws connections between Götz Werner's various guiding entrepreneurial principles in his lecture “UBI & New...
Basic Income Globetrotter: Prof. Jurgen De Wispelaere now in Freiburg
His academic interest in Basic Income has already taken Jurgen De Wispelaere to many places: From Belgium to Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Spain, Finland, Argentina and finally Chile. His research focuses on Basic Income experiments and how they have...
The State Of The Art In Basic Income Policy: A Public Lecture Series (hosted by Prof. Dr. Jurgen De Wispelaere)
The public lecture series is the perfect opportunity to delve into some of the cutting-edge work in the field of basic income policy research. Featuring six expert authors, each discussing a key article in their research, this series promises to offer unique insights...
International Women’s Day and Universal Basic Income
Authors: Jessica Schulz and Toru Yamamori (FRIBIS Team: UBI & Gender) 50 years ago, thousands women across the U.K. gathered in London for an ‘International Women’s Day’ march. After the march, some of them occupied a post office in London. It was a symbolic act...
Philippe van Parijs: A world in crisis: boost or damper for basic income?
Some argue that global warming, the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine strengthen the case in favour of the introduction of an unconditional basic income. Others argue instead that they shatter the prospect of introducing it in the foreseeable future. Who is right?...
