International: Guy Standing to discuss basic income in Austria, Australia, and England

Guy Standing, honorary president of BIEN, noted author, and leading advocate of Basic Income will give five talks on Basic Income over the next six weeks. The presentations are:

August 20-24, 09.00-12.00: summer school seminar series on “Work, distribution and crisis in Europe”, organised by the European Forum Alpbach, Austria, which will lead up to a full justification for basic income. More information: https://www.alpbach.org/en/event/seminar-week/; organiser Lara Weisz <lara.weisz@alpbach.org>

September 3, 13.00: opening ‘keynote’ speech on the precariat, creativity and basic income at the Long Progress Bar festival in Brighton, England, organised by Lighthouse (a “contemporary cultural agency”). More information: https://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/the-long-progress-bar; organiser Grace Baird <gracevictoriabaird@gmail.com>

September 4, 10.00: workshop on basic income as part of the Long Progress Bar festival in Brighton, England. More information: https://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/the-long-progress-bar; organiser Grace Baird <gracevictoriabaird@gmail.com>

September 30, 09.00: Plenary speech on “The expanding precariat: Reviving empathy and universalism”, Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. More information: https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/; organiser Annie Whitelaw <ASPC@unsw.edu.au>

September 30, 15.10: Plenary forum on “Beyond Workfare: Progressive Social Policy for a Good Society”, Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. More information: https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/; organiser Annie Whitelaw <ASPC@unsw.edu.au>