NEW: FRIBIS’ UBI Experiments team gets off the ground
Why the team was founded Interest in basic income has increased significantly in recent years, both in academia and in politics. This growing attention from the media has contributed to a greater willingness to fund UBI pilot projects. As a result, numerous basic...
Freiburg Rising Stars Academy (Excellence funding): FRIBIS encourages outstanding young researchers to apply
What is the Rising Stars Academy? Rising Stars is a program launched by the University of Freiburg to support highly qualified international young researchers. The Freiburg Rising Stars Academy offers researchers from various disciplines the opportunity to apply for...
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?...
Announcement Seminar “Basic Income And Social Justice” at the Götz-Werner-Professorship in Summer Semester 2023
In the summer semester of 2023, the Götz Werner Professorship at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg will again offer the seminar "Basic Income and Social Justice". The seminar is aimed at Master's students with an interest in research on the topic of...
FRIBIS-Discussion-Paper: How is the declining share related to technological change – and what does this mean for the feasibility of a UBI?
As part of the FRIBIS Discussion Papers series, a new paper by Joe Chrisp, Aida Garcia-Lazaro, Nick Pearce has just been published: Technological chance and growth regimes – Assessing the case for universal basic income in an era declining labour shares. The starting...
Götz Werner and his legacy in Freiburg, on the first anniversary of his death.
The founder of the dm drugstores (dm-Drogeriemarkt), Götz W. Werner, died a year ago, on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78. He had become widely known to the public for his advocacy of a Basic Income. This income was to guarantee human dignity and be available to...
FRIBIS-Annual-Conference 2022: Impressions and review
The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2022 was entitled "Basic Income and Development" and took place in Freiburg from October 10 to 12 October 2022. In view of the current global crises, the conference posed the question to what extent a basic income could provide viable...