Technology, Employment and Basic Income
Globalization and increasing automation are transforming economies. Companies are becoming more efficient which has implications for employment. All of these forces, together with ineffective welfare programs, is causing both governments and academics to rethink support systems provided to citizens at a time when some industries are facing significant market changes that may reduce employment or wages. In this workshop we begin with a dialog about technology and the potential for creative destruction or destructive creation regarding the well-being of the population particularly when it pertains to employment. From this preamble we then look at the notion of universal basic income as a potential solution to the disruptive market forces we face today. Experts will present recent research, experiments, and analysis about these efforts as well as look at the potential steps and alternatives that governments have and the steps that some of them have taken as they consider this solution.
We complement the workshop with the documentary “In the Same Boat” by Rudy Gnutti, who interviews international experts about these same topics and then talks about the effect of the film on raising awareness about basic income.
Free attendance.
Registration is required. Registration Form
SCHEDULE
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25 MAY | |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
REGISTRATION - MERCÈ RODOREDA BUILDING Room 24.009 |
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10:00 - 10:30
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WELCOME |
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Jacint Jordana (Director, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals) |
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10:30 - 11:00
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TECHNOLOGY CREATIVE DESTRUCTION? |
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Debate |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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11:30 - 13:30 |
TECHNOLOGY AND EMPLOYMENT |
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Martha Garcia-Murillo (Syracuse University and Fulbright Scholar at IBEI), Ian MacInnes ( Syracuse University's School of Information Studies), Johannes Bauer (Michigan State University): Effects of ICTs on Employment |
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Aina Gallego (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals): Perceptions of Technological Change and the Legitimation of Inequality |
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Angel Elias (Decano Facultad Relaciones Laborales, Universidad del Pais Vasco): La renta básica frente al reto del impacto de la automatización |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
LUNCH |
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14:30 - 16:30 |
EXPERIMENTS ON BASIC INCOME |
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Sjir Hoeijmakers (Director, Effectief Altruïsme Nederland) -via Skype-: Basic Income efforts in the Netherlands |
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Sara Bizarro (Universidade do Minho): Structuring Basic Income Pilot Programs: Models and Parameters |
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Bru Laín (Universitat de Barcelona and Basic Income Spanish Network): Proyecto piloto de rentas en Barcelona: el caso del BMINCOME |
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Jamie Cooke (Director, Royal Society of Arts Scotland): Basic Income Pilots in Scotland. Putting Ideas into Action |
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Jurgen De Wispelaere (University of Bath and ISRF): UBI in Finland |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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17:00 - 18:30 |
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR A BASIC INCOME |
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Sergi Raventós (Basic Income Spanish Network): La Renta Básica Como Medida de Prevención y Protección de la Salud Mental |
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Daniel Raventós (Universitat de Barcelona): La financiación de la Renta Basica en España |
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Martha Garcia-Murillo (Syracuse University and Fulbright Scholar at IBEI), Daniel Navarro (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Ian MacInnes ( Syracuse University's School of Information Studies): Universal Basic Income and Incentives |
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18:30 - 21:00 |
MOVIE AND DISCUSSION: In the same boat |
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Rudy Gnutti (Film director): Raising awareness about UBI |
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26 MAY | |
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9:00 - 11:00 |
POLITICA PUBLICA Y LA RENTA BASICA |
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Luis Sanzo Gonzalez (Departamento de Empleo y Políticas Sociales del Gobierno Vasco): Perspectivas sobre la política de garantía de ingresos en España |
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Lluís Torrens (Barcelona City Council): Renta Básica y el Reparto del Trabajo |
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Julen Bollain (Parlamentario de Elkarrekin Podemos): Esfuerzos hacia una Renta Basica en España |
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Jose Noguera (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Cómo avanzar hacia la renta básica en la agenda política: experiencias y problemas |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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11:30 - 13:30 |
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION |
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All invited speakers |
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13:30 - 14:00 |
CONCLUSION |
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Martha Garcia-Murillo (Syracuse University and Fulbright Scholar at IBEI) |
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