Jun
25
10:00pm
Best Practices to Build and Implement Basic Income Pilots Tailored to Local Communities
By The BIG Conference
Basic income pilots are being launched to deliver financial relief to a wide range of target populations. While each pilot should be tailored to meet the needs of the local community, there are several steps that every pilot should complete to ensure their success. Join experts Troy Henderson, Elise Klein, Ben Spies-Butcher, and Otto Lehto to learn how to build and implement the best pilot.
Speakers
Troy Henderson, Australian Basic Income Lab, University of Sydney
Dr Troy Henderson is Co-Director of the Australian Basic Income Lab. He is a Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney with a particular interest in Basic Income Studies, macroeconomic economic policy, social policy reform, and the political economy of work. His PhD thesis explored Basic Income as a Policy Option for Australia. His publications on basic income include: Spies-Butcher, B., B. Phillips and T. Henderson (2021). Between Universalism and Targeting – Costing an ‘Affluence Tested’ Basic Income for Australia (Economic and Labour Relations Review).
Elise Klein, Australian National University
Elise Klein is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Crawford School, Australian National University. Her research focuses on development policy with a specific interest in work, redistribution, decoloniality and care.
Ben Spies-Butcher, Australian Basic Income Lab
Ben Spies-Butcher is Co-Director of the Australian Basic Income Lab, a collaboration between Macquarie University, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University. Ben is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney and his research focuses on the political economy of the welfare state.
Otto Lehto, New York University
Dr. Otto Lehto is a Finnish philosopher and political economist. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at New York University's School of Law (2022-2023) and an affiliated Junior Researcher at Freiburg University’s FRIBIS Institute. He has a PhD in Political Economy from King’s College London (2021). His current research focuses on complexity theory, evolutionary political economy, transhumanism, human enhancement, basic income, social epistemology, and naturalism.
Moderator
Kimberly Woods, Income Movement
Kimberly is passionate about realizing a world where all can thrive, especially artists. As a trained chef, she brings her experience from the kitchen and loves to help keep the fires of the movement stoked. Kimberly is always happy to chat to hear your thoughts and ideas about this movement and how Income Movement can help its volunteers help make a difference.
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