Call for Papers

Details of the call for papers are outlined below.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option

The 12th BIEN Congress on Basic Income

University College Dublin, Ireland

June 20-21, 2008

THE CALL FOR PAPERS HAS NOW CLOSED

A DRAFT CONFERENCE AGENDA HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

  

The 12th International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) will be held on 20-21 June 2008 in Dublin, Ireland. The theme of this World Congress is: Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option. This two-day event involving participants from all the continents of the world will be preceded by a one-day event (June 19, 2008) which will focus on Basic Income in Ireland and will be open to all participants in the World Congress.

 

This Congress will combine plenary sessions featuring invited speakers and parallel workshops with volunteered papers. Major themes to be addressed include: 

 

  • Why Basic Income provides a key part of the answer to the challenges posed on issues such as inequality and development in the emerging globalised world.

 

  • How a Basic Income system can be operationalised and achieved - politically, institutionally and technically.

 

  • The way forward if Basic Income approaches and systems are to become a reality in the foreseeable future. 

 

Call for papers and panel coordinators. There will be capacity for a large number of parallel sessions each lasting 90 minutes and with a maximum of three presentations per session. Each of the speakers on these panels will have 15 mins to present which will leave 45 mins for discussion. To create more coherence, a substantial proportion of the sessions will take the form of panels, i.e. pre-organised workshops on a common issue.

The Organising Committee for Congress 2008 would welcome proposals from panel coordinators. Proposals must provide a definite title for the panel, a brief formulation of questions to be discussed, a lists of speakers (3 presenters + 1 chair), and short abstracts for each of the presentations.

Proposals for workshops are also welcome. It may be appropriate for some workshops to extend over two 90-minute sessions. Proposals must provide a definite title for the workshop, a brief formulation of questions to be discussed, a list of contributors and short abstracts for each of the contributions.

Different perspectives are welcome and panel coordinators should not hesitate to recruit people who, while critical of basic income, have a point of view worth hearing. Civil society organisations are also encouraged to participate. 

The Organising Committee for Congress 2008 would also welcome proposals from individuals independent of the panels. The topics on which individual papers and/or panel proposals would be welcome include

 

Basic Income and: 

 

  • Work
  • Environment 
  • Poverty 
  • Justice 
  • Progress 
  • Development 
  • Inequality
  • Globalisation 
  • Compassion 
  • Social Sustainability
  • Gender 
  • Pensions 
  • Children 
  • Marginalised groups 
  • People with Disabilities 
  • People of employment age
  • Business 
  • Economic Growth 
  • Consumption 
  • Costings (of various approaches to introducing Basic Income)
  • Pathways to Basic Income 
  • Africa 
  • South and Central America 
  • USA 
  • Europe 
  • Asia/Pacific 
  • Particular countries 
  • Population 
  • Happiness 
  • Citizenship 
  • Social Capital 
  • Civil Society 
  • Wellbeing
  • Caring 
  • Participation 
  • Economic sustainability 
  • Culture

 

Individual papers and/or panel proposals could also look at issues such as:

 

  • Justification(s) for Basic Income 
  • Basic Income and current welfare arrangements 
  • Political strategies in moving towards the introduction of a Basic Income system 
  • Technical issues to be addressed in moving towards a Basic Income system. 

 

Papers may be written in any language but the abstract must be submitted in English and the working language of the Congress will be English. 

Proposals should reach the organising committee of the Congress BEFORE FEBRUARY 15TH 2008. Acceptance of panel and workshop proposals will be confirmed by the Organising Committee by March 1st, 2008 at the latest. [This confirmation of acceptance will be provided earlier to those who submit proposals earlier.] 

 

Proposals for papers, presentations or contributions (by individuals or as part of a panel or workshop) should include the following information:

  1. Name 
  2. Affiliation (if applicable) including job title and organisation 
  3. Address 
  4. Telephone number (including international access code) 
  5. email address 
  6. Title of the presentation/contribution 
  7. Abstract (summary of 50 to 150 words) 

These should be emailed to papers@basicincomeireland.com  

Details concerning registration for the conference, accommodation, etc. will be available on the Congress website www.basicincomeireland.com and will be emailed in due course to all those whose papers are accepted for presentation at the Congress.

 

 
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