Basic Income Studies News
Announcements:
2008 BIEN Congress in Dublin, Ireland
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) will hold its 2008 Congress in Dublin, Ireland on 20-21 June 2008. The theme of the Congress is "Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option". The Congress will combine plenary sessions featuring invited speakers and parallel workshops with volunteered papers. For further information see the Congress' website: www.basicincomeireland.com.
BIS Essay Prize
The 2007 BIS Essay Prize has been awarded to Laura Bambrick (University of Oxford) at the 6th USBIG Congress in New York for her paper "A BIG response to Wollstonecraft's Dilemma." Richard Caputo (Yeshiva University) received an Honourable Mention for his paper "The Death Knoll of BIG or BIG by Stealth: A preliminary assessment of BIG political viability around the globe."
The 2006 Essay Prize was awarded to Michael Howard (University of Maine) for his article "A NAFTA Dividend: A proposal for a guaranteed minimum income for North America." Three other essays were awarded an Honourable Mention:"Good for Women? Advantages and risks of basic income from a gender perspective" by Julieta Elgarte (Universidad Nacional de La Plata/Université Catholique de Louvain); "Why Switzerland? Basic income and the development potential of Swiss Republicanism" by Eric Patry (University of St. Gallen); and "Australia's Disabling Income Support System" by Jennifer Mays (Queensland University of Technology).
The BIS Essay Prize, organised annually in association with Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and USBIG respectively, encourages promising research on basic income and related policies and is awarded to an essay that exemplifies a high standard of quality and original basic income research. BIS Prize Essays are published in a forthcoming issue of Basic Income Studies.