Seminar “Basic Income and Social Justice”
Seminar “Basic Income and Social Justice”
(Summer Term 2019)
Prof. Dr. K.J. Bernhard Neumärker
SoCoLab seminar, winner of a University teaching award 2012, deviates from a usual seminar setting. The students after reading the necessary papers and finish the required assignments will be welcomed during class to participate and discuss the elements of the theories and their ideas with Prof. Neumärker and his co-workers. The seminar consists of an introduction, 2 blocked meetings, a day of experiments with the participants, a session for the team experiments, and a concluding session. In the first sessions (Part I), the theoretical foundations are laid, and after the experiment sessions (Part II) follows one session with critical discussion (Part III). The participation in all the classes is obligatory in order to achieve maximum participation and understanding of the subjects. After the classes and the experiments for seminar participants are over, teams are given a sufficient amount of time to develop an experiment on the topic. In the team experiments, the participants are expected to critically reflect on one of the issues/aspects tackled in the seminar. The experiment design formalities and more specific information on the content will be provided to all participants.
The overall grade is the weighted as a sum of all three elements of the seminar with the following weights: Team Experiment and Paper/Report on a Basic Income Experiment: 60%, Assignments: 20%, Class Participation: 20%. The teams will be built, at the latest, after the “Experimental Sessions for Participants”.
Students will receive 6 ECTS credit points upon successful completion of the seminar. The Seminar can be recognized as “Topics in the Economics of Social Justice” for students enrolled in the “M.Sc. Economics” or “M.Sc. VWL” program. Students from outside economics can enroll if the course is accepted by their program.
Current Topics and Groups:
Group (1)
Title : Relationship of UBI and concern about degrees
Topic Supervisor: Dominik Schröder
Group (2)
Title : Cultural differences and preferences towards UBI
Topic Supervisor: Marcel Franke
Group (3)
Title : Effects of UBI on productive leisure time
Topic Supervisor: Ana Palermo Kuss
Group (4)
Title : UBI decisions under different frames
Topic Supervisor: Bianca Blum
Group (5)
Title : Does UBI increase social responsibility measured by voluntary contributions?
Topic Supervisor: Marcel Franke
Time Schedule:
Date | Topic |
23.04.2019 HS 2330 14-16 h | |
03.05.2019 | 3 Two Hour Sessions on Social Contract and Basic Income Theories |
06.05.2019 | |
17.05.2019 Pc-Pool 2114a | |
19.07.2019 Pc-Pool 2114a |
Special Field:
Students will receive 6 ECTS upon successful completion of the seminar. The Seminar can be recognized as “Topics in the Economics of Social Justice” for students enrolled in the “M.Sc. Economics” or “M.Sc. VWL” program. Students from “M.Sc. BWL” or from outside economics can enroll if the course is accepted by their program.
The Seminar takes place in English language.
Documents regarding the course (for liteature see Ilias):