Program

Freedom, Justice and Esteem: Perspectives from an Unconditional Basic Income
International Conference, March 3 and 4, 2022, online

March 3, 2022

11–11.30 a.m. Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Gottfried Schweiger Welcome
11.30 a.m.–12.40 p.m. Matilde Cazzola (Frankfurt am Main) Beyond Poverty and the Coercion of Work: Thomas Spence and the Redistribution of Quarterly Dividends
12.40–2 p.m. Lunch Break  
2–3.10 p.m. Silke Bothfeld (Bremen) Eignet sich ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen für die nachhaltige Förderung individueller Autonomie? Ein Kommentar aus der Perspektive der Sozialpolitikforschung
3.10–3.30 p.m. Coffee Break  
3.30–4.40 p.m. Jürgen Schupp (Berlin) Das 2021 gestartete Pilotprojekt Grundeinkommen in Deutschland: Zum Stellenwert sozialwissenschaftlicher Feldexperimente
4.40–5 p.m. Coffee Break  
5–6 p.m. Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Gottfried Schweiger Prospects and Challenges for an Unconditional Basic Income: A Conversation with Philippe Van Parijs

March 4, 2022

9.30–10.40 a.m. Malcom Torry (London) Basic Income: A Brief History of the Idea
10.40–10.50 a.m. Coffee Break  
10.50 a.m.–12 p.m. Peter Sloman (Cambridge) Redistribution or Revolution? Basic Income and Radical Politics in Britain, c. 1918-1950
12–1 p.m. Lunch Break  
1–2.10 p.m. Olavi Kangas (Turku) Possibilities to Plan and Implement Large Scale Social Experiments – Some Lessons from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
2.10–3 p.m. Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Gottfried Schweiger Final Discussion and Farewell