Roberto Merrill teaches moral and political philosophy at the University of Minho, where he does research at the Centre for Ethics, Politics & Society. He is also an associate researcher at CEVIPOF (Sciences Po-Paris). Currently he is writing a book with Sara Bizarro, Gonçalo Marcelo and Jorge Pinto on basic income. He is also preparing the edition of a book on predistribution and property-owning democracy with Alan Thomas.
His last co-edited book (with Daniel Weinstock) was on Political Neutrality: a Re-evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). He believes the debate about basic income is an important and stimulating debate regarding the Welfare State.
Academic publications on basic income:
Mainstream media publications:
Organisation of events on basic income:
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/nrbmerrill/
Email: [email protected]
His last co-edited book (with Daniel Weinstock) was on Political Neutrality: a Re-evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). He believes the debate about basic income is an important and stimulating debate regarding the Welfare State.
Academic publications on basic income:
- 2018: (with Gonçalo Marcelo)“Como implementar e financiar um Rendimento Básico Incondicional? Reflexões para o Caso Português e Proposta de Um Projeto-piloto”, in Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 74 (2-3):585-626 (2018)
- 2017: “Democracia de proprietários, prédistribuição, e rendimento básico incondicional”, Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, Vol. 73 (1): 303-316.
- 2017: “El acceso a los comunes y la renta básica como formas complementares de justicia predistributiva”, in Zalakain, J. & Barragué, B. (coords.) (2017). Repensar las políticas sociales: predistribución e inversión social. Madrid: Editorial Grupo 5, pp. 229-236.
- 2014: Book Review on Simon Birnbaum, Basic Income Reconsidered: Social Justice, Liberalism, and the Demands of Equality (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), in Ethical Perspectives.
- 2013: “Liberal ou paternalista?”, Book review on Martim Avillez Figueiredo, Será que os surfistas devem ser subsidiados? (Alêtheia, 2013), in Diacrítica, vol. 27, n. 2, pp. 383-392.
Mainstream media publications:
- 2017: (with Gonçalo Marcelo) O RBI pode salvar o Estado Social, O Observador (5/11/2017)
- 2017: Interview for the journal Nós by Catarina Dias, E se tivéssemos direito a um rendimento fixo para a vida? , Jornal online Nós da Universidade do Minho (28.04.2017)
- 2017: (with Sara Bizarro) Quem dá e volta a tirar ao inferno vai parar? Uma rendimento básico para todos (uma resposta a Francisco Louçã), Público (04.04.2017)
- 2017: (with Sara Bizarro) RBI e Estado Social (uma resposta a Francisco Louçã), Público (21.02.2017).
- 2017: Interview for the journal Expresso, 14 Janeiro.
- 2017: (with Sara Bizarro and Gonçalo Marcelo) Rendimento Básico Incondicional. Mais liberdade e menos exploração (uma resposta a Daniel Oliveira), Observador (20.01.2017).
- 2016: Interview for Forbes-Portugal, April.
- 2016: Interview for the journal Público by Maria João Lopes, Com um RBI, há mais liberdade para ter um trabalho, remunerado ou não, Público, 15 Fev. 2016.
- 2015: Interview for the journal Eco123, April.
- 2014: O Rendimento Básico Incondicional como um novo direito humano? Da exploração à pré-distribuição, Esquerdanet, 3 Setembro 2014.
- 2013: (with Pedro Araújo) Rendimento Básico Incondicional e pleno emprego. Objetivos complementares? (resposta aos argumentos da Raquel Varela) 30.11.2013
- 2013: “Rendimento Básico Incondicional elimina a armadilha da pobreza” (entrevista a Roberto Merrill) 16.11.2013
- 2013: Rendimento básico: incondicional? Le Monde Diplomatique (ed. portuguesa), april.
Organisation of events on basic income:
- 2018: (with Daniele Santoro) Summer-school on Which Property? Whose Capital? Property-Owning Democracy and the Socialist Alternative, University of Minho, 3-5 July.
- 2017: Coord. of the 17th BIEN Congress, on Implementing a Basic Income, Lisbon, 25-27 September.
- 2017: (with Jurgen de Wispelaere and James Hickson) Summer-School on the Future of Work, University of Minho, 18-20 July.
- 2016: Conference on Basic Income at the Portuguese National Parliament, 15-16 february.
- 2014: (with Michele Loi) Summer-school on Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy, University of Minho, 14-18 July.
- 2014: Conference on “Basic Income a New Human Right?”, New University of Lisbon, 11 July.
- 2013: (with Michele Loi) Summer school on Basic Income, with Stuart White (Oxford), Minho University, 18-20 July.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/nrbmerrill/
Email: [email protected]
