Colloquium - Basic Income, Workplace Democracy, and Future of Work
Date & Time: December 13th, 2024, 9 am – 5:30 pm.
Location: University of Barcelona: Faculty of Philosophy, room 409.
One-day Colloquium
The goal of the event is to gather key insights on how UBI and WD ideals guide debates on the Future of Work
For any questions or inquiries regarding the event, please contact the organizers via email at hugorajao@gmail.com or thiagocmsouza95@gmail.com
Speakers
Adrián Herranz
Professor in political philosophy at the University of Barcelona.
Catarina Neves
Post-doctoral researcher at Utrecht University in the Ethics Institute, working in the project: Visions for the Future.
Hugo Rajão
Re-searcher in Political Philosophy at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS), University of Minho.
Leire Rincón
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
Tatiana Llaguno
Assistant professor in critical and political theory at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. 
Thiago Souza
PhD candidate at University of Minho. Commentators
David Casassas
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona. 
Bru Laín
Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Barcelona. 
Elena Icardi
Post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS) of the University of Minho.
Iñigo González-Ricoy
Associate professor of political philosophy and an ICREA Academia fellow at the University of Barcelona. 
Roberto Merrill
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Head of Department of Philosophy, at the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Minho. Organizers: Roberto Merrill (UMinho), Hugo Rajão (UMinho) & Thiago Souza (UMinho). The event is funded by the project UBIECO (The Moral, Economic, and Social Value of Basic Income - reference 2022.02143.PTDC). The project, led by Professor Roberto Merrill (UMinho, CEPS) and funded by the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology, includes a comprehensive list of associate researchers worldwide. The focus of this project is to expand and systematize the methodology and analysis regarding the nascent literature on the moral, economic, and social benefits of the UBI and to uncover more about the mid to long-term socioeconomic benefits of implementing a UBI. Further information can be found on the project's website (ubiexperiments.weebly.com/ubieco).
