Watch the recording of the Splane Lecture below:
Join us at Dr. David Piachaud's talk on “Poverty\, Basic Incom e\, and Social Policy\," as part of the 2018 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy.
Thursday\, March 15th
5:30 pm – 7:30 p
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Light refreshments provided during the reception.<
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New Venue! Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2 at UBC. The Asian Centre is found between the C.K. Choi building and Nit obe Gardens\, a short walk from the Liu Institute. Please find a map to the Asian Centre h ere.
*This event is now sold out. To be added to the waitlist\, please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca with your full name and any guest names. Thank you.
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About the t alk:
Professor Piachaud’s lecture will review the causes\, e xtent and evolution of poverty in advanced economies and the benefits and l imitations of social security responses and\, the growing interest in a bas ic income approach. Basic Income will then be described\, as will confusion s about its name\, its objectives\, its level\, and its relation to other social services. Other consideration of basic income will include the justi ce of conditionality\; individualized simplicity\; redistributive efficienc y\; and\, political feasibility. Finally Prof Piachaud will conclude his l ecture with consideration of the broader consequences of poverty and inequa lity for health\, education and social stability - and the implications o f these consequences for Basic Income and social policy generally.
Bio:
David Piachaud taught at the Lo ndon School of Economics from 1970 to 2016 and was Professor of Social Poli cy 1988 to 2016. He is now Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and an Assoc iate of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion and of the Indian Obser vatory. He was Social Policy Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit (1 974-79) and has been Consultant to the European Commission\, the ILO\, the OECD and the Chinese Government. He has lectured in 20 countries. He has wr itten papers and books on children\, poverty\, social security\, social exc lusion and social policy. Publications include: Causes of Poverty \, HMSO\, 1978 (with Richard Layard and Mark Stewart)\; Understanding S ocial Exclusion. Oxford University Press\, 2002\, (editor with John Hi lls and Julian LeGrand)\; Poverty in Britain: The Impact of Government Policy since 1997\, Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, 2003 (with Holly Suth erland and Tom Sefton)\; One Hundred Years of Poverty and Policy. Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, 2004 (with Howard Glennerster\, John Hills and Jo Webb)’ Making Social Policy Work Policy Press\, 2007 (editor w ith John Hills and Julian Le Grand)\; Colonialism and Welfare\, Ed ward Elgar\, 2011\, and Social Protection\, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals\, Issues and Trajectories in China\, India\, Brazil and South Africa\, Edward Elgar\, 2013\, (editor with James Midgley).
Thi s event is co-hosted by the UBC School of Social Work\, the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs\, the United Nations Association of Greater Van couver and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) BC office.
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