Universal Basic Income and contemporary welfare policy reform

全民基本收入和当代福利政策改革

• 批准号: ES/W006936/1
• 负责人: Will Stronge
• 金额: $ 11.17万
• 依托单位: University of Brighton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW006936%2F1
• 关键词: Universal; Basic; Income; contemporary; welfare

My postdoc will translate and apply my PhD research to impact the prominent discussion of UBI in the context of contemporary debates around social security policy and welfare reform. The fellowship will facilitate a number of outputs, including a co-authored book, a policy briefing and a series of public and private engagements with stakeholders in the field of welfare policy and campaigning. The aim of the fellowship will be to develop my career in the field of welfare policy, both inside academia as well as within the field of policy development and advocacy, and research application. UBI is an old idea that has made a huge impact in recent policy debates globally - with various trials of the policy either completed, underway or planned in the near future. In short, the policy proposes that the state distribute cash payments to all residents under its remit with minimal (or zero) conditionality; legal residents receive the payment whether you are working or not, independently of your financial situation. Proponents of the policy point to its potential to improve the financial security of those workers facing an increasingly precarious labour market, its capacity to help mitigate some of the effects of automation and its possible impact on gender inequality. Opponents of the policy point to its potential to further imbricate a financialised, possibly neoliberal, rationale into everyday life, as well as the potentially high costs of a UBI on the public purse. A further policy question which will guide this project, involves framing UBI as a reform to the system of welfare conditionality, which currently operates in the UK through the existing benefits system including Universal Credit (UC). As part of its remit, my postdoc will examine this debate in light of my PhD findings and the current welfare policies' emergence since New Labour's reforms - showing a 'how we got here' policy story, which consolidates my previous research into welfare policy history. UBI as a policy option has reemerged within a fertile and prolific period of academic work on welfare policy. My PhD is situated in this contemporary agenda. Throughout ten years of austerity-driven public policy in the UK, a substantial body of evidence has emerged via critical research into the impacts on the restructuring of social security services and welfare payment systems (including the development of UC). There is an emerging debate that has not only highlighted the negative effects of the rollout of UC, but has also thrown the idea of welfare conditionality itself into question. Key questions revolve around the ethical and practical implications of basing the eligibility for social security support on a 'willingness to work', as compared to a a system of unconditional cash support (which UBI policy proffers). Despite the potential for a cross-sector dialogue, the academic policy work on this topic - and the key researchers in the field - have been largely unconnected with the activities of the network of UBI activists economists and policy organisations that are pursuing work on UBI. This is beginning to change, with organisations such as the Basic Income Conversation starting to forge links between the UBI and welfare policy conversations. The fellowship will apply my PhD research findings to this productive interaction, and its activities will revolve around developing the policy implications therein. By building on my PhD research and experience and connections within the policy world, I intend to bring key stakeholders into conversation via online workshops and other forms of meetings, so as to build new collaborative potentials around the issue of welfare policy reform. On top of these networking engagements, I will produce three outputs: a book, a policy briefing and articles for various media outlets. Thus, fellowship will allow me to disseminate my work across various platforms to diverse audiences - from academic through to political and activist circles.

我的博士后将翻译和应用我的博士研究，以影响UBI在当代辩论的背景下，围绕社会保障政策和福利改革的突出讨论。该研究金将促进若干产出，包括一本共同撰写的书、一次政策简报以及在福利政策和宣传运动领域与利益攸关方进行的一系列公共和私人接触。该奖学金的目的是发展我在福利政策领域的职业生涯，无论是在学术界还是在政策制定和倡导以及研究应用领域。UBI是一个古老的想法，在最近的全球政策辩论中产生了巨大的影响-各种政策试验已经完成，正在进行或计划在不久的将来。简而言之，该政策建议国家在其职权范围内向所有居民发放现金支付，条件最少（或零）;法律的居民无论你是否工作都能获得支付，与你的财务状况无关。该政策的支持者指出，它有可能改善那些面临日益不稳定的劳动力市场的工人的财务安全，它有能力帮助减轻自动化的一些影响及其对性别不平等的可能影响。该政策的反对者指出，它有可能进一步将金融化（可能是新自由主义）的理论融入日常生活，以及公共财政中UBI的潜在高昂成本。指导这一项目的另一个政策问题是，将全民基本收入作为福利条件制度的一项改革，目前在联合王国，福利条件制度通过包括普遍信贷在内的现有福利制度运作。作为其职权范围的一部分，我的博士后将根据我的博士研究结果和新工党改革以来当前福利政策的出现来研究这场辩论-展示一个“我们如何来到这里”的政策故事，这巩固了我以前对福利政策历史的研究。作为一种政策选择，全民基本收入在福利政策学术工作的肥沃和多产时期重新出现。我的博士学位就在这个当代议程中。在英国十年的紧缩公共政策中，通过对社会保障服务和福利支付体系（包括UC的发展）重组的影响进行批判性研究，出现了大量证据。有一个新兴的辩论，不仅突出了推出UC的负面影响，但也抛出了福利条件本身的想法提出质疑。关键问题围绕着道德和实际影响的基础上的社会保障支持的资格“愿意工作”，相比无条件的现金支持系统（UBI政策提供）。尽管有跨部门对话的潜力，但关于这一主题的学术政策工作-以及该领域的主要研究人员-在很大程度上与正在开展UBI工作的UBI活动家经济学家和政策组织网络的活动无关。这种情况正在开始改变，基本收入对话等组织开始在UBI和福利政策对话之间建立联系。该奖学金将把我的博士研究成果应用于这种富有成效的互动，其活动将围绕发展其中的政策含义。通过我的博士研究和经验以及政策世界内的联系，我打算通过在线研讨会和其他形式的会议，使主要利益相关者进行对话，从而围绕福利政策改革问题建立新的合作潜力。除了这些网络活动之外，我还将编写三项产出：一本书、一份政策简报和为各种媒体发表的文章。因此，奖学金将使我能够通过各种平台向不同的受众传播我的工作-从学术界到政治和活动家圈子。