Dr Lorina Luccioni

Dr Loriana Luccioni was awarded her PhD by The University of Queensland in 2022. In her thesis "Universal Basic Income: Disarticulating and Rearticulating Australian Discourses" she advances the hypothesis that the feasibility for the implementation of a UBI in Australia is intimately and inextricably tied to the socio-cultural discourses circulating in the country. Discourses provide the conceptual frames on which values such as unconditionality, freedom to, compassion, reciprocity and many more can be comprehended and embedded in policy. Dr Luccioni also argues that the feasibility of a UBI implementation strongly relies on the ability of a multiplicity of discourses, to articulate together towards the creation of a social imaginary "yet to be imagined", and of which UBI could be a stepping stone - not the end goal. Dr Luccioni also holds a Master Degree in European and Comparative Social Policy and the 2013 Titmuss Prize by the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Psychology with Sociology from Kingston University. She's currently exploring the field of Psychotherapy, the philosophy and practice of Western Esoteric Schools spanning from Spiritual Alchemy to Western Traditional Astrology. By indeed playing with the art of living and reinventing oneself that UBI could afford unconditionally, she is currently working as a freelancer and content creator by interweaving these multiple strands of knowledge and practice. 

Recent Publications: 

  • Luccioni, Loriana (2022). Universal basic income: disarticulating and rearticulating Australian discourses. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.https://doi.org/10.14264/c9ff878

  • Luccioni, L. (2020). UBI Activism and Advocacy in Australia: The Present. In: Caputo, R.K., Liu, L. (eds) Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43904-0_9

  • UBI and Discourse - ArtsFront · May 28, 2020 (minutes 14 to 28 approximately) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4PjtzKHsI