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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Braga Meetings: Panel on UBI and Sustainability – Call for papers, Deadline 28 February
As the world confronts profound socio-political and ecological challenges, there is a growing need to rethink foundational concepts in political philosophy and public policy. The transition to more sustainable societies demands not only technological innovations but...
Prof. David Nettle on Basic Income’s Workability
Prof. David Nettle is a researcher in the Evolution and Social Cognition team at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, and a Professor at Northumbria University. His research spans the biological and social sciences, focusing on economic and social inequality, trust and...
Paper proposal deadline for BIEN 2025 Congress extended
ATTENTION: FINAL DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION EXTENDED! We announce that the deadline for paper submission for the 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) has been extended to March 20th. This is the final deadline to submit your proposal.If you...
Top 10 Universal Basic Income Articles of 2024
As the editor of Basic Income Today and a moderator for the Basic Income subreddit, I read a lot of stuff every year about UBI, somewhere around 100 articles a month. Below, I've compiled a list of the top ten articles I consider my favorites out of everything...
Dieter Althaus’s Brief Comments on “Solidarity Citizen’s Income”
Dieter Althaus has been serving as the Vice President of Governmental Affairs at Magna Europe since 2011. In this role, he is responsible for managing relationships with governmental entities and overseeing corporate affairs within Europe. Scott Douglas...
UBI Taiwan’s single-parent basic income reaches a new ‘milestone’
UBI Taiwan hosted a press conference to spotlight the progress of its basic income pilot program for single-parent households. The event brought together policymakers, academics, and beneficiaries to celebrate this milestone and advocate for a more equitable future.
Call for contributions – Organizing Sufficiency in the Global South: Justice Effectiveness and Instrumentation
The concept of sufficiency has gained traction in both public and scholarly debates in recent years as an organizing principle to direct the ecological transition. However, there are few evaluations of sufficiency policies to date, and even less is known about...
Call for participation: Working Group for Clarification of Basic Income Definition
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), at its general assembly in 2019, created the Working Group for Clarification of Basic Income Definition. Since then we have had online open forum, including at the online venue of the BIEN congress in 2021 Glasgow and in 2022...
REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR BIEN CONGRESS 2025 ENDS ON FEBRUARY 18
The 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) will take place from August 27 to 29, 2025, in the cities of Niterói and Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The call for papers is open until February 18. Submissions for panels, papers,...
Karl Widerquist on Political Philosophy of Basic Income
Today, we are joined by Karl Widerquist, a political philosophy professor at Georgetown University-Qatar. He has an extensive research and publication record on universal basic income. He uses an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating economics, politics,...
BIEN’s Asia-Pacific Hub publishes its first newsletter
In January, BIEN's Asia-Pacific Hub published its first newsletter, 14 pages complete with many articles and photos. To view the newsletter, click here.
Steven Janssens on Basic Income in Impoverished Communities
Steven Janssens is a Belgian filmmaker and engineer known for his diverse career as a director, editor, and trainer. He gained recognition for documenting Crazy Money (2020), a film capturing the Eight project in Busibi, Uganda, where residents receive unconditional...
