{"id":6022,"date":"2020-08-19T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T11:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/event\/workshop-universal-basic-income-and-the-meaning-of-work\/"},"modified":"2021-01-12T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T08:45:01","slug":"workshop-universal-basic-income-and-the-meaning-of-work","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/event\/workshop-universal-basic-income-and-the-meaning-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Workshop: Universal Basic Income and the Meaning of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of St. Andrews<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Confirmed Speakers:<\/p>\n

Deryn Thomas \u2013 University of St. Andrews\/University of Stirling<\/p>\n

Maria Koumenta \u2013 Queen Mary University of London<\/p>\n

Guy Standing \u2013 SOAS University of London<\/p>\n

Tom Parr \u2013 University of Warwick<\/p>\n

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The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown has provided new momentum for the advocates of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), spurred on by decisions of various governments to pay an income to their citizens with no work requirement attached.\u00a0 This comes on the heels of 30 years of pro-UBI scholarship, culminating in the launch of several small-scale real-world UBI trials in various countries and municipalities over the last decade.\u00a0 Discussions of the UBI are now very much part of the policy mainstream.<\/p>\n

The UBI is seen as a way to 1) respond to the job losses and casualisation that are seen as a likely result of increasing automation, 2) redistribute the wealth that is now concentrated in the hands of the super-rich and 3) force employers to offer better working conditions.\u00a0 This workshop will be focused on the philosophical underpinnings of the UBI and a general consideration of the meaning of work in the context of a labour market, including (but not limited to) the following questions:<\/p>\n