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Hugo Rajão is a junior researcher at the Center for Ethics, Politics and Society at the University of Minho. Hugo Rajão completed, in 2022, his PhD in Philosophy at School of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences of the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), having the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society - CEPS - as host institution (PhD scholarship funded by the Portuguese state budget FCT/MCTES and by European Social Fund, POCH: FCT, SFRH/BD/129949/2017). Thesis title: A abordagem das Capabilities e o Rendimento Básico Incondicional ¿ Uma Defesa de uma métrica da Justiça baseada em Capabilities. In 2016 he finished his MA in Philosophy (Contemporary Philosophy) at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto. In 2013 he completed his BA in Philosophy at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto. He works on Social and Political Philosophy, focusing on issues such as capabilities, unconditional basic income, human development, labor issues and distributive justice.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hugo Rajão

Citation names

  • Rajão, Hugo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8C15-1691-4381
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3534-4041

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English
Education
Degree Classification
2022/07/07
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Filosofia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Ética Política e Sociedade, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
"A abordagem das Capabilities e o Rendimento Básico Incondicional – Uma Defesa de uma métrica da Justiça baseada em Capabilities e de um RBI para as distribuir" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado - menção de Muito Bom
2016
Concluded
 Mestrado em Filosofia - Ramo de Filosofia Contemporânea (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Como avaliar a qualidade de vida num contexto social e político? Bens Sociais Primários, Recursos ou Capabilities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2013
Concluded
 Filosofia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/15 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Ética Política e Sociedade, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Ética Política e Sociedade, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/03/01 - 2022 Researcher - PhD Grant Holder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Ética Política e Sociedade, Portugal
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Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/07/31 THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION
PTDC/FER-FIL/28078/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rajão, Hugo. "Ronald Dworkin e Philippe Van Parijs: A que distância está a Igualdade de Recursos da distribuição de um Rendimento Básico Incondicional?". Porto, Portugal: Universidade Católica Editora, 2019.
    Published
  2. Rajão, Hugo. "Amartya Sen: avaliar o nível de vida em termos capabilities". edited by Brena Fernandez; Luís Veríssimo; Diana Couto, 89-98. Porto, Portugal: Col. MLAG Discussion Papers - Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto, 2017.
    Published
Book review
  1. Rajão, Hugo. "Ingrid Robeyns. Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined. Cambridge, UK: Open Book, 2017. 266 pp.". 25, 4 (2018): 836-840. DOI: 10.2143/EP.25.4.3285715.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Rajão, Hugo. "Are capabilities just recipient-oriented? An argument in favour of the capability to work, and of the UBI to protect it". Ethics, Politics & Society 5 2 (2022): 27-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/eps.5.2.206.
    10.21814/eps.5.2.206
  2. Rajão, Hugo. "Is the Capability Approach Compatible with the Unconditional Basic Income?". Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics XXIV 1 (2022): 409-428.
    Published
  3. Rajão, Hugo. "The problem of selecting capabilities: Nussbaum' s philosophical road to democracy". Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política 36 (2021):
    Published • DOI 10.1590/0103-3352.2021.36.245584
  4. Rajão, Hugo. "Recursos ou Capabilities? À procura da Métrica Mais Adequada para a Justiça". Themis - Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UNL 35 (2019): 47-72.
    Published
  5. Rajão, Hugo. "Capabilities e Rendimento Básico Incondicional: Um Estudo Introdutório sobre as Possibilidades de Compatibilização". Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74 2-3 (2018): 695-728. http://dx.doi.org/10.17990/rpf/2018_74_2_0695.
    Published • 10.17990/rpf/2018_74_2_0695
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02/28 Could the need for housing challenge UBI's effectiveness as an exit option for workers?
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/09/28 Capability to be housed: a stone in UBI' s shoe?
Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) (Brisbane (online), Australia)
2021/10/12 Capability to be housed: a stone in UBI' s shoe?
FRIBIS (Friburgo (online), Germany)
2021/08/20 Is a capabilitarian' theory of justice doomed to be recipient-oriented? Reasons to implement an unconditional basic income to distribute the capability to work
Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) ((Glasgow) Online )
2021/07/06 Is a capabilitarian theory of justice doomed to be recipient-oriented? Reasons to implement an unconditional basic income to distribute the capability to work CEPS PhD Seminar
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (Braga (online))
2020/10/01 The problem of selecting capabilities: Nussbaum's philosophical road to democracy CEPS Seminar
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (Braga, Portugal)
2019/10/18 Capabilitarian defence of an UBI: Testing the effects of unconditionality on the robustness of capabilities Simposio Ibérico de la Renta Básica
Asociación Andalucía por la Renta Básica Universal (Sevilha , Spain)
2019/07/22 "Recursos ou Capabilities? À procura da métrica mais adequada para a justiça CEPS Seminar (2018/2019)
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/06/15 The problem of selecting capabilities: Nussbaum' s road to democracy 10th Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Braga: University of Minho
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho (Braga (Universidade do Minho), Portugal)
2019/05/23 Capabilitarian defence of an UBI: Testing the effects of unconditionality on the robustness of capabilities UBIEXP Workshop series - session 2, Basic Income: justifications, environment and labour market
UBIEXP (Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho) (Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal)
2019/04/23 A Capabilitarian-Sufficientarian defence of an UBI UBIEXP Workshop Series - Session 1, How can experiments feed into the theoretical justifications for an Unconditional Basic Income?
UBIEXP (Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho) (Braga (Universidade do Minho), Portugal)
2018/07/05 Is UBI a good interpretation of opportunity? 9th Summer-School in Political Philosophy & Public Policy
Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/04/19 Há lugar para um Rendimento Básico Incondicional na lista de Martha Nussbaum? IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política
Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Braga, Portugal)
2017/06/09 Ronald Dworkin e Philippe Van Parijs: A que distância está a Igualdade de Recursos da distribuição de um Rendimento Básico Incondicional?. VIII Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy
Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2016/11/29 Amartya Sen: capabilities ou meios de troca como base para avaliar a qualidade de vida?". MLAG Research Seminars 2016/2017
MLAG (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current A Descomodificação da Força de Trabalho: Necessidade e Implicações para a Justiça no Local de Trabalho
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Filosofia (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2023 - 2023/12/15 O Rendimento Básico Incondicional e o Rendimento Social de Inserção: uma análise das (in)condicionalidades
Supervisor of Jorge Manuel Pinheiro Afonso
 Mestrado em Filosofia Política (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
2023 - 2023/11/22 A pobreza e a igualdade - Contributos das perspetivas libertarista e comunitarista
Co-supervisor of Mauro César Cardoso de Oliveira
 Filosofia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/15 - 2023/06/16 Panel 7, Justice in the Workplace, Domination and beyond. 13TH BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society: Braga, University of Minho. https://13bragameetings.weebly.com/panel-7---justice-in-the-workplace-domination-and-beyond.html. (2023/06/15 - 2023/06/16)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28 PANEL 2 - The Potential Impacts of Unconditional Basic Income, and what Experiments can tell us. In 12TH BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. (2022/06/28 - 2022/06/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2020 - 2022 CEPS PhD Seminar Series (2020 - 2022)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/07/09 - 2019/07/11 Tenth Summer School in Political Philosophy and Public Policy (2019/07/09 - 2019/07/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/04/23 - 2019/04/23 UBIEXP Workshop Series - Session 1, How can experiments feed into the theoretical justifications for an Unconditional Basic Income? (2019/04/23 - 2019/04/23)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/15 O Rendimento Básico Incondicional e o Rendimento Social de Inserção: uma análise das (in)condicionalidades
Supervisor
 Jorge Manuel Pinheiro Afonso (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal