Two additional individuals who presented papers at Munich received honorable mention. They are (in alphabetical order): Dr. Tomohiro Inoue, Tokyo, Japan, "The economic sustainability of a Basic Income under the Citizen-oriented Monetary Regime" and Dr. Nam Hoon Kang, Seoul, South Korea, "The necessity and distributional effects of ecological basic income in Korea."
8. Events
Guy Standing, honorary co-president of BIEN and Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will be taking part in a debate on basic income at the Salone dell'Editoria Sociale book fair in Rome. The event will take place on Saturday 2 November 2013 at 6.15pm to 8pm at the Porta Futura, Via Galvani 108 (Testaccio), Rome. For more details, see http://www.editoriasociale.info/
On Monday 4 November, Standing will talk about basic income to the Bergen Students Society. The event will take place at 6pm at the Akademiske Kvarter, Olav Kyrres gate 49, 5015 Bergen. For more information see http://samfunnet.sib.no/events/basic-income/
Standing will then speak at two venues in Helsinki on issues related to the precariat, identified in his 2011 book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, including why the precariat needs a basic income. On Wednesday 6 November he will give a keynote address to the 2013 Finnish Conference on Youth Studies entitled "Generations, Economy and Equity". The conference will take place from 10am to 6pm at the House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki. For more information see http://www.nuorisotutkimusseura.fi/nuorisotutkimuspaivat-2013/information-in-english.
On Thursday 7 November he will give a guest lecture at 2pm at Aalto University, Arkadia building, Lapuankatu 6, Helsinki, lecture room AE-127. For more information see https://into.aalto.fi/display/enmanagement/Visiting+lecture+by+Guy+Standing,+7th+of+November,+2+pm+(AE-127)
On Saturday 9 November Standing will be one of the speakers at the 2013 Forum organized by the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Society of Warwick University. The title of the forum is "All Work and No Pay in 2013: The Automation of the Global Economy", and will address, inter alia, how technological progress can be used for the benefit of all rather than just an elite. The Forum will take place at 2pm to 6pm at the Arts Centre, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL. For more information and to buy tickets, see http://www.warwicksu.com/events/9430/10622/
On Wednesday 13 November, Standing will give a seminar on "Basic Income in India: Evaluating a Pilot Scheme" at the India Institute, King's College, University of London, Strand, WC2R 2LS. The seminar, based on the results of an unconditional cash transfer pilot scheme in a number of Indian villages, will be held from 5pm to 7pm. For more information, see http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/initiatives/global/indiainstitute/Events/India@Kings-Seminar-Series-2013.aspx
Copenhagen, Denmark: "Lectures with Philippe Van Parijs," Nov. 1-2, 2013
Philippe Van Parijs, professor at the Faculty
of Economic, Social and Political Sciences of the Catholic
University of Leuven, Belgium, will give two lectures in
Copenhagen on November 1 - 2. In the first, on Nov. 1, he will
talk about his idea of financing a European Unconditional Basic
Income through the European tax system, the so-called Value Added
Tax or VAT. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion
headed by associate professor Christian Rostb????ll from the Centre
for European Politics, a branch of the Department of Political
Science at the University of Copenhagen. The title of this lecture
will be "No Euro-zone without EU-dividend".
In the second lecture, titled "Basic Income and Social Justice",
on Nov. 2, Van Parijs will discuss the reasoning behind his Basic
Income proposal in a more generalized form. The lecture will take
place at the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen in collaboration
with the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. As an
introduction to the seminar, the Swiss Basic Income film
"Grundeinkommen - ein Kulturimpuls" will be shown on a big cinema
screen with Danish subtitles. This will be followed by the lecture
itself and another panel discussion with invited participants,
among others a former colleague of Van Parijs, professor Robert
van der Veen and associate professor S????ren Midtgaard.
Lecture 1:
Time and date: 2-4pm, 1. November 2013
Place: Room 35.01.06. Building 35, CSS, University of Copenhagen,
????ster Farimagsgade 5.
The lecture is open to all, but registration is necessary.
Language: English
Website: http://www.cep.polsci.ku.dk/lecture_with_phillipe_van_parisj/
Lecture 2:
Time and date: 12-2pm (film), 2:15-4pm (lecture), 2. November 2013
Place: The Danish Film Institute, Gothersgade 55, 1123 Copenhagen
K
Detailed information about the second lecture is listed (in
Danish) at the following website:
http://www.dfi.dk/Filmhuset/Cinemateket/Billetter-og-program/Serie.aspx?serieID=9259
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