To whom it may concern,

We are happy to announce the 2nd call for papers for a full day interdisciplinary workshop on "The Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy" at the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, on April 24, 2020.

# UPDATE: We have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to March 7, 2020. We are also happy to announce that our keynote speaker will be economist Prof. Guy Standing (SOAS), a pioneering basic income researcher and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). #

The workshop focuses on Universal Basic Income from the interdisciplinary point of view of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Suggested topics include but are not limited to

• Sufficiency, equality, and the threshold for UBI

• Political economy and the institutional challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Unemployment and the citizen: conditional benefits or universal dividends?

• Enhancing freedom and autonomy in a changing economy 

• Relational equality and democratic empowerment

• Open borders and the limits of the welfare state

The workshop tackles the theoretical issues surrounding the normative justification(s) for UBI and evaluate the practical feasibility of UBI in comparison to competing policy responses from a political economy perspective. 

We invite abstracts from scholars in various disciplines, including but not limited to political economy, citizenship studies, philosophy, and political theory. We especially welcome contributions from underrepresented groups in academia. 

To apply, please send your abstract of 300 words through easychair (first time users may have to register): https://easychair.org/cfp/EUBI1

The deadline for abstract submission is March 7, 2020. Limited conference stipends will be available to speakers. The results will be announced within two weeks of the deadline. Accepted attendees will be asked to submit a manuscript (5000 words) by April 10, 2020.

If you have any further questions about the workshop, please send an email to the following address: otto.i.lehto@kcl.ac.uk. (Please do NOT use this email address to submit abstracts or papers.)

Signed by the organisers,

Popescu, Diana

Lehto, Otto

& Panzaru, Emil