Jurgen De Wispelaere

Professor Jurgen De Wispelaere

Political Economy Fellow 2017-18

Varieties of Basic Income: The Political Economy of Universalism in European Welfare States

While in recent years basic income has evolved from a marginal policy idea to a serious item on the policy agenda, there is surprisingly little engagement with questions of how to integrate universal and unconditional basic income schemes into the existing institutional configuration of the developed welfare state.

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Areas of interest

Political Economy Universal Basic Income Political Theory Policymaking Economic Theory

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Biography

Jurgen De Wispelaere is a former occupational therapist turned political theorist and policy scholar. He is a Visiting Professor at the Götz Werner Chair of Economic Policy & Constitutional Theory in Freiburg. His research focuses on the politics of basic income. He is the research coordinator of BIEN and a scientific advisor of the Catalan Basic Income Pilot project.

Biographical details correct as of 12.02.25

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