Preliminary results of the basic income experiment, which Finish government implemented in 2017-2018, will be presented at Säätytalo, “House of the Estates” (Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Helsinki), on Friday, 8th February 2019, between 8.30 and 10.30 (time in Helsinki, GMT +2).

The event will be also webstreamed here.

The speakers will be:

Pirkko Mattila (Minister of Social Affairs and Health)

Anu Vehviläinen (Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms)

Olli Kangas (scientific leader of the study and Professor of Practice at the University of Turku)

Ohto Kanninen (research coordinator at Labour Institute for Economic Research)

Minna Ylikännö (Senior Researher at Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland)

More information can be found here.

Photo: Tram street in Helsinki, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, City Clock Magazine.

Article reviewed by Dawn Howard.