BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230831T130000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230831T124500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230725T101513Z UID:bd84b79c-ad3b-4088-a6db-3d9e86ce5d3d@zagreb.degrowth.net DESCRIPTION:Failure to meet human needs and exceeding the environmental b oundaries push to recognise that current welfare states have to rethink how to stay between the social floor and environmental ceiling. Alternat ive models have been proposed\, but ambitious projects such as transitio ning to a degrowth society where public services could be guaranteed see m to be far from being socially and politically feasible in the current context. In this presentation\, which is based on my ongoing PhD dissert ation\, I discuss the potential of universal basic services (UBS) for cr eating political support for degrowth transformation. I investigate publ ic services from the perspective of human needs theory and traditional w elfare state research to shed light on how the context in which public s ervices were implemented in traditional welfare states differs from the sustainable welfare framework in which UBS is argued to hold potential. Indeed\, human needs theory is often discussed together with the degrowt h literature given the common points on considering what is essential fo r wellbeing. Bridging it to the discussion on UBS brings a new conceptua l perspective on a much-discussed policy option. In the end\, I suggest that securing human needs through policy options such as UBS could repre sent an opportunity to create a society prone to accept what is now cons idered too “radical” political moves needed for transitioning to a degro wth world. URL:https://zagreb.degrowth.net/en/9_int_dg_conf/public/events/287 SUMMARY:Securing human needs through Universal Basic Services: creating p olitical support for degrowth? ORGANIZER:9_int_dg_conf LOCATION:9_int_dg_conf - ZV-8-3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR