Social Sciences Week 2021 events

The School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney is once again proud to partner with Social Sciences Week Australia for an exciting week of public talks showcasing the diversity and relevance of social science research in our community and society.

Our political economists are involved in two panels on basic income and energy transition, and there are other events on the politics and inequalities of the pandemic. All events free, online and open to all.

From Bailouts to Basic Income?

Friday 10 September, 2pm – More here

COVID, Green Energy, Social and Natural Environments

Friday 10 September, 11am – More here

Emotion Inequality in Pandemic Australia

Wednesday 8 September, 11am – More here

Politics of bad behaviour – anti-vaxxers and the anti-science backlash

Monday 6 September, 1pm – More here

Author: Gareth Bryant

Gareth Bryant is a political economist at the University of Sydney. He works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Economy and as economist-in-residence with the Sydney Policy Lab.

Basic Income after COVID-19 Workshop Recordings

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Basic Income Earth Network Congress in Brisbane 2022 – Call for Papers

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Basic Income Earth Network 2020 – Brisbane, Australia

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Erik Olin Wright, Unconditional Basic Income: Progressive Potentials and Neoliberal Traps

Within Envisioning Real Utopias, Erik Olin Wright argues that a social econom...