https://www.uu.nl/en en Sat, 04 May 2024 17:39:34 +0200 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0100 https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/what-is-limitarianism-professor-ingrid-robeyns-explains “Extreme wealth is disastrous for society, democracy, and climate”, Professor of Ethics of Institutions Ingrid Robeyns pleads. 131389 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/having-too-much-philosophical-essays-on-limitarianism Having Too Much is the first academic volume devoted to limitarianism: the idea that the use of economic or ecosystem resources should not exceed certain limits. 132704 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:09:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/broad-welfare-virtually-stable-over-last-three-years Despite successive crises, Broad Welfare is stable according to the Broad Welfare Indicator (BWI) 2023, although people are less healthy and satisfied. 132071 Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/will-billionaires-be-immortal-their-wealth-and-power-will-keep-growing The world’s richest will be the first to have access to life-extending treatments. This poses social risks, ethicist Chris Wareham observes. 128852 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/its-fine-to-be-well-off-but-at-some-point-one-has-too-much On CBS News, professor in the Ethics of Institutions Ingrid Robeyns talked about the concept of ‘limitarianism’. 113173 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:18:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/oecd-how-was-life-report-highlights-two-centuries-of-wellbeing-around-the-globe The new OECD publication ‘How was Life? II’ shows economic development and wellbeing in over 40 countries worldwide, in the last 200 years. Jan Luiten van Zanden, professor in Economic history, is one of the authors. 104896 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/dimensions-of-better-wellbeing-as-a-basis-for-policy Presentation of the pilot 'Supporting policy from a scientific perspective' in the House of Parliament. 99276 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:30:00 +0200 Nieuws Erik Stam https://www.uu.nl/en/background/not-a-crisis-itself-is-crucial-but-the-measures-taken-afterwards What does the current crisis mean for our future? Bas van Bavel, Professor Transitions in economy and society, from Institutions for Open Societies, reflects on this. 97662 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/market-dominance-and-inequality-make-societies-more-vulnerable-to-natural-disasters Bas van Bavel's contribution to the 2019 Human Development Report. 88221 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:41:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/the-poverty-trap Sustainable Development Goal number one is to eradicate poverty. But how can that be achieved? Poor people have more problems than just a lack of money. 80685 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com https://www.uu.nl/en/background/whos-got-the-right-to-water How do we distribute water in a fair and sustainable way? Does nature also have the right to water? 80673 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:40:00 +0200 Nieuws Water https://www.uu.nl/en/news/what-is-the-best-way-to-map-broad-prosperity Utrecht researchers are contributing to 'Measuring Prosperity' file of ESB. 77873 Tue, 14 May 2019 10:17:00 +0200 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com https://www.uu.nl/en/news/universal-basic-income-why-should-we-not-want-this Ingrid Robeyns argues neither for or against universal basic income, but she does aim for a debate based on grounded arguments. 71479 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:58:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/worldwide-inequality-is-growing-is-there-a-solution The gap between the poor and the rich is growing, according to Oxfam Novib. What is causing inequality? And how do we turn the tide? 57051 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:15:00 +0100 Nieuws Prof. dr. Bas van Bavel. Foto: Ed van Rijswijk https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-promising-alternative-to-measure-and-compare-poverty Michail Moatsos applied globally a promising alternative that avoids the widely applied, but erroneous, assumptions of the fixed 1.9$/day dollar-a-day method. 49405 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:42:00 +0200 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com/frantic77