Bru Laín

Lecturer Professor

Scopus Author ID: 57189457391

Researcher ID: AFV-2098-2022

Knowledge area: Sociologia

Research group: Grup de Recerca en Ètica Economicosocial i Epistemologia de les Ciències Socials (GREECS)

Contact Information
Department of Sociology
Avinguda Diagonal, 690-696. Torre 4, 1 pis, Despatx 4110-A
697 508 640
bru.lain(a)ub.edu

More Information: Academia (http://ub.academia.edu/BruLaínEscandell)

Academic training

Sociologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 2009 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Pensar i Governar les Societats Complexes . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 2011 . (Official Master)

Doctort en Sociologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 21/11/2016 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Sociologia del Coneixement (Bachelor's degree) - Sociología(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Filosofia i pensament polític republicà (Postgrau interuniversitari) - Postgrau en Anàlisi del Capitalisme i Polítiques Transformadores - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Property ownership and the commons

Republicanism

Basic income and distributive justice

Participation in Projects (last 6 years)

B-MINCOME. Combining guaranteed minimum income and active social policies in deprived urban areas of Barcelona . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.UIA01031 . Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional FEDER . PI: Lluís Torrens

Generative European Commons Living Lab (gE.CO Living Lab) . 2019 - 2022 . Ref.822766 . Unió Europea . PI: Bru Lain Escandell

Political Philosophy and Epistemology of Basic Income Experiments: a Critical Examination . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.PTDCFER FIL28078/2017POCI . Fundaçao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal . PI: Nathaniel Roberto Buil Merrill

Detección y movilización de personas elegibles para el Ingreso Mínimo Vital en situación de Non-Take up . 2023 - 2026 . Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones (MISSM) . PI: José Javier López Macarro

Filosofía política, economía y ética de las relaciones fiduciarias: libertad, propiedad, bienes comunes y política pública . 2022 - 2026 . Ref.PID2021-123885NB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Jordi Mundó Blanch

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)

Laín, Bru ; Julià, Albert (2024). Why do poor people not take up benefits? Evidence from the Barcelona's B-MINCOME experiment. Journal of Social Policy, 53(1), pp. 167 - 188 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0047-2794

Sekulova, Filka ; Bonilla, Fabricio ; Lain, Bru (2023). Life Satisfaction and Socio-Economic Vulnerability: Evidence from the Basic Income Experiment in Barcelona. Applied Research In Quality Of Life, 18(4), pp. 2035 - 2063 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1871-2584

Riutort, S.; Laín, B.; Julià, A. (2023). Basic Income at Municipal Level: Insights from the Barcelona B-MINCOME Pilot. Basic Income Studies, 18(1) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2194-6094

Guerrero, David ; Laín, Bru ; Popp-Madsen, Benjamin (2022). Radical Republicanism. Democracy, Property and Rights. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 171(69)(2), pp. V - XII . https://doi.org/10.3167/th.2022.6917101 . ISSN: 0040-5817

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Laín, Bru (2021). Why not a basic income in Spain? A dual-distributive (negative) hypothesis. (Invited conference) . XXII International Congress of Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) . null . ENGLAND

Laín, B.; Julià, A. (2023). ¿Por qué la gente pobre no solicita prestaciones? Algunos motivos extraídos del experimento B-MINCOME de Barcelona. (Invited conference) . IX Congreso de Red Española de Política Social (REPS) . null . Palma . SPAIN

Laín, B. (2022). Why do basic income experiments fail in assessing employment impact?. (Invited conference) . International Workshop: “Beyond Work for Pay? Basic-Income Concepts in Global Debates on Automation, Poverty, and Unemployment . null . Washington DC . UNITED STATES

Laín, B. (2022). (ni)Público, (ni)Privado, (sino)Común? Derechos de propiedad, Comunes y relaciones fiduciarias. (Invited conference) . XVI Congreso Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración . null . Girona . SPAIN

Laín, B. (2022). Testing a (quasi)Basic Income at Municipal Level. (Invited conference) . DIGCLASS Research Project. Real Utopias for a Social Europe . null . Brussel·les . BELGIUM

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports (last 6 years)

Marcel Birulés . (2021) . Feixisme i Capitalisme: cap a un feixisme del segle XXI? (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.