Louise Haagh

Professor in the Department of Politics
UNIVERSITY OF YORK

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Louise Haagh

Louise Haagh

Professor

My work looks at problems relating to social and economic justice, the ethics and politics of development, comparative capitalism and welfare states, and human development ethics and governance. A particular interest is the link between institutions and well-being, and in the formative role of motivational theories and statistical measurement in comparative public policy.
I have carried out surveys and comparative research on the role of social and economic institutions in human motivation and economic development in a range of middle and high income countries, and have consulted for a number of global organisations on public approaches to economic security.
In the field of basic income studies, I am known for my advocacy of a broader humanist, democratic defence that sets this reform in the context of a human development perspective on freedom and governance. See more information here.
This perspective is exemplified in my most recent book, The Case for Basic Income (2019), in which I look at the role of developmental institutions in democratic development and introduce the notion of humanist governance to account for the social sources of freedom in society.
I currently have four other books forthcoming with Palgrave and Routledge on the topics of basic income and comparative democratic development. See details of books here.

Biography

Talks and Presentations

‘The Case for Universal Basic Income’. Lecture in the Gerhart Centre GC Webinar Series12th January 2021Ralph Miliband Lecture, Universal Basic Income and Universal Basic Services12th January 2021Plenary session On Religious and Secular Perspectives12th January 2021Debate: “Should We Introduce a Universal Basic Income?”3rd June 2019

Basic Income and Human Development31st May 2019Health Equity, Welfare State Development and Basic Income Policies in Europe31st May 2019Basic Income and the Nordic Model29th March 2019Basic Income and Democratisation27th February 2019

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Recent Media appearances

‘The Case for Universal Basic Income’. Lecture in the Gerhart Centre GC Webinar Series12th January 2021O Estado do São Paulo (Brazil third largest Brazilian daily newspaper)12th January 2021Haagh, L. BIEN Conversations, Risks and Opportunities of Covid12th January 2021Public Finance Focus12th January 2021

Yorkshire Post12th January 2021CGTN News (China’s largest global digital news platform)12th January 2021El País (Spain’s largest daily newspaper)12th January 2021Its Back to Basics as Universal Basic Income Starts to get Traction’12th January 2021

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Recent Publications

UBI policies and their potential for addressing health inequities31st May 2019The Developmental Social Contract and Basic Income in Denmark4th May 2019Public Ownership within Varieties of Capitalism: Regulatory Foundations for Welfare and Freedom4th May 2019The Political Economy of Governance Capacity and Institutional Change: The Case of Universal Income Security Reform in European Welfare States4th May 2019

Introduction: Basic Income In European Welfare States: Opportunities And Constraints4th May 2019The Case for Universal Basic Income27th February 2019Living in Dignity in the Twenty-First Century – Poverty and inequality in societies of human rights: the paradox of democracies27th February 2019Citizenship, Labour Markets and Democratization: Chile and the Modern Sequence27th February 2019

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