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
Upcoming Events
Evening Lecture by Dr. Tanja Kirn: „Modelling labour supply responses – what are the underlying assumptions?”
On Thursday, the 15th of December 2022, Dr. Tanja Kirn (Universität Liechtenstein, FRIBIS) gives an evening lecture on „Modelling labour supply responses – what are the underlying assumptions?“ Time: 06:15 - 07:45 p.m. Place: KG 1, HS 1015Abstract: The discussion...
FRIBIS Winter School with Philippe van Parijs – Today’s global challenges and the UBI debate
The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) is inviting you to the first FRIBIS winter school, entitled “Today’s global challenges and the UBI debate”, and under the guidance of Philippe van Parijs, from January 16th to 20th 2023. Over the five days, the...
Abendvortrag von Prof. Dr. Michael Opielka: „Soziale Nachhaltigkeit durch Grundeinkommen? Garantismus und Ordoliberalismus aus soziologischer Perspektive“
Abstract zum Vortrag: Die Einführung eines Grundeinkommens würde die Grundlagen der Arbeitsgesellschaft des Wohlfahrtskapitalismus verändern. Sie nährt die Hoffnung auf eine sozial nachhaltige Ordnung, die mit weniger Wachstum und mehr Lebensqualität punkten kann. Sie...
Abendvortrag von Prof. Dr. Frank Schulz-Nieswandt: „Sozialstaatskulturen und Sozialcharakter: Psychodynamische Grundlagen von Solidaritätsverständnissen”
Am Montag, dem 06. Februar 2023, hält Prof. Dr. Schulz-Nieswandt einen Abendvortrag zu „Sozialstaatskulturen und Sozialcharakter: Psychodynamische Grundlagen von Solidaritätsverständnissen“. Zeit: 17:00 - 18:30 Uhr Online per Zoom (Links werden per Mail...
Abendvortrag von Dr. Ina Praetorius: „Freiheit in Bezogenheit lernen Ohne BGE – oder besser: mit BGE“
Am Montag, dem 12. Dezember 2022, hält Dr. Ina Prätorius einen Abendvortrag zu „Freiheit in Bezogenheit lernen Ohne BGE - oder besser: mit BGE“. Zeit: 17:00 - 18:30 Uhr Online per Zoom (Links werden per Mail verschickt)Abstract: Dass „Freiheit“ nicht die sterile...
News
Proceedings of the 2021 FRIBIS Annual Conference published: Financial Issues of a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
In 2021, the first FRIBIS annual conference took place in Freiburg, Germany. It was dedicated to the topic "Financial Issues of a Universal Basic Income". Now the contributions have been published by LIT Verlag Berlin, edited by Bernhard Neumärker and Jessica...
Workshop announcement: Universal Basic Income’s Social-Ecology? Theory and Evidence revisited
In face of the growing ecological, social and economic crisis we are witnessing, it is timely to revisit universal basic income theory and evidence on the instrument’s contested social and ecological consequences. To do this, and as a kick-off event to the UBITrans’s...
FRIBIS at the BIEN Congress 2022: Basic Income in Times of Crisis and Transformation
From September 26 to 28, 2022, the 21st Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) will take place in Brisbane (Australia). Numerous members of FRIBIS will participate as speakers at the congress, which will be dedicated to the theme "What can basic income...
Philippe Van Parijs about BIEN: The precarious beginnings of a worldwide network
Image: BIEN founding conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, September 1986. Facing the lecture room, from left to right: Bill Jordan, Claus Offe, Philippe Van Parijs, Nic Douben, Annie Miller, Greetje Lubbi, Riccardo Petrella Basic Income Earth Network has made a crucial...
NetFi team coordinator Teodoro Criscione co-authored two papers on community currencies
Both papers are available online:E. S. Mattsson, T. Criscione and W.O. Ruddick, Sarafu Community Inclusion Currency, 2020-2021. Scientific Data 9:426, Nature Publishing Group, 2022. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01539-4We describe a dataset of...
Basic Income and Sustainability: Perspectives from Constitutional Economics and Cultural Studies (Tandem Lecture)
On July 6, 2022, Bernhard Neumärker, Director of the Götz Werner Chair for Economic Policy and Constitutional Theory and head of FRIBIS, and Sebastian Kaufmann, Research Center "Nietzsche Commentary" of the Heidelberg Academy Of Sciences and Humanities and member of...