About us
Advisory Board
The documentary is a major challenge for the makers. A lot of expertise is needed to realize this documentary. For this reason, the Foundation has set up an ‘Advisory Council’, in which people participate who, each with their own specific expertise, can express their opinion and contribute knowledge during the development process. This way, the makers hope to be able to produce a high-quality documentary in the future, where all the facts match with what is said and claimed in the film. Only in this way will this documentary soon have the (worldwide) impact that the initiators have in mind.
Scott Santens
Scott Santens is a writer and fulltime advocate of UBI. Scott crowdfunded a monthly UBI for himself and is now advocating UBI at a full-time basis through writing books and blogs. Scott was advising for Andrew Yang (presidential candidate of America in 2020) and helped with his book – The War On Normal People. Ahtor of the book “Let There Be Money” and Senior Advisor of Humanity Forward. Edtor of Baic IncomeToday. His pieces are published in The Huffington Post, World Economic Forum and more. Boardmember of USBIG.
A video interview with Andrew Yang en Scott Santens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsIfrty2xN0
His website; https://scottsantens.com/
Prof. dr. Philippe van Parijs
Philippe has received worldwide fame as a promoter of Basic Income. In that capacity, he founded the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) in 1986. Although he is not an outspoken Marxist himself, Van Parijs is associated with analytical Marxism. Furthermore, together with Kris Deschouwer, he is spokesperson for the Paviagroep, which argued for the introduction of a federal electoral district in Belgium. Prof. dr. Dr. Van Parijs is fluent in French, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Jean-Paul Close
Jean-Paul is concerned with the redefinition of the functioning of society, in order to be able to tackle the major world challenges locally. In addition, he experiments with complex solutions in which government, business, science and citizens are directly involved (Sustainocracy). In Eindhoven, for example, he set up AiREAS together with the local province and municipality, a partnership for a healthy city from an air quality perspective.
Alexander de Roo
Alexander de Roo studied political science at the University of Amsterdam and was a member of the European Parliament for 5 years. He founded BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) 35 years ago together with Guy Standing and Philip van Parijs. Alexander knows all the ins and outs of Basic Income. He provides the Foundation with advice on the realization of the documentary about Basic Income.
Netherlands: basisinkomen.nl
International: https://basicincome.org
Dr. Henriëtta Joosten
Henriëtta Joosten studied both business administration and philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2015 she obtained her PhD in philosophy from this university. She worked as an associate professor of Financial Ethics (Arnhem University ofApplied Sciences) and as a university lecturer/researcher at the IT&Design faculty (The Hague University of Applied Sciences). Author of philosophical books – nominated for the Socrates Cup and Hypatia Prize – and articles on the intersection of data, technology society and higher education. The common thread in her work is the reduction of money-and data-driven thinking, so that space is created for ‘working from (other) values’ & public reflection on those values. She says; “The transition to a sustainable economy, the advancing use of technology: these developments affect us all. In a free society, everyone can have a say in the question of what kind of society we are creating. What does this require from (the training of) professionals?”
Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen graduated from the School of Journalism in Utrecht and from the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. He has worked as a director/cameraman for the documentary program Diogenes of the VPRO in countries such as Sudan, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Russia, the US, Germany and Siberia. Together with co-director Martijn van Haalen, he received an award in 2001 for ‘Dutch Heroes’ and in 2006 an award for ‘Photo Souvenir’. In 2010 he received a Crystal Film and an Image & Sound Award for his beautiful documentary about the star violinist Janine Jansen. Paul has made more than 30 cinema and television documentaries and has received numerous awards and nominations for his work.