Event: Anti-poverty socio-educational programmes. A critical analysis
Date: Wednesday 14 June 2023
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: CHBO-411, Campus Hub, University of Malta Msida Campus
Speaker: Juan Ram贸n Rodr铆guez-Fern谩ndez, University of Le贸n, Spain
An open invitation to attend the last session of this year's MRER Lecture Series. You are kindly requested to send a note to Prof. Carmel Borg, editor, and coordinator of the MRER Project, expressing your interest in attending the foregoing session.
Abstract:
Poverty and social exclusion are structural problems in our societies; problems exacerbated by the effects of the Covid19 pandemic. Most European countries have articulated socio-educational programmes to tackle this social problem - the minimum income programmes or means-tested programmes. Though important, these programmes have some problems and limitations due to their own nature.
This lecture will highlight those limitations regarding the capacity to alleviate poverty and their implications for education. Finally, Prof. Rodr铆guez-Fern谩ndez will discuss the potentialities and controversies of a radical alternative - The Universal Basic Income.
Bio notes:
Juan Ram贸n Rodr铆guez-Fern谩ndez is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Le贸n, Spain. His research and publications focus on critical education, critical discourse analysis and emancipatory socio-educational alternatives.
He has been a visiting academic at the Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford, UK), at the University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) and at the Ankara University (Ankara, Turkey). His latest publications are La educaci贸n ya no es lo que era (2023, Bomarzo) and Postcritical education (book chapter, Routledge, 2022). He serves as editorial board member and referee of the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies.
