With an unprecedented level of detail, an ICTA-UAB report describes the policies required to put a post-growth transition into practice in Catalonia (Spain). The measures could be applicable in both a national and international context.

A new study by researchers from the Future of Work Lab and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz shows: The use of artificial intelligence at work is increasing in Germany, albeit at a much slower pace than the intensity of the public debate might suggest. At the same time, the use continues to reflect social inequalities: Employees with higher educational qualifications are almost three times more likely to use AI than those with lower levels of education. Moreover, many AI applications are used on the employees' own initiative and without any formal introduction or implementation by employers.

Bowing makes people appear more attractive in a Japanese cultural context.

People with power are more quickly singled out as the culprit when something goes wrong but it is unclear who made the mistake. That is shown by a series of studies by researchers at the University of Amsterdam. In one of these they analysed almost 100,000 everyday conflicts on the Reddit page ‘Am I the Asshole?’. According to the researchers, people with power are more readily blamed because others think they can ‘get away with anything’.

Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators who have led an international research program called Zero TB in Kids are now using the program’s infrastructure and their community ties to bring basic necessities to families who lost everything in the massive flash flood that occurred in Nepal and Tibet on Aug. 26. Through a relief fundraiser, they are asking for donations that will help provide medical supplies, blankets, tents, warm clothes, food and heaters to children and families whose homes, schools and communities were washed away. This support will also extend to long-term recovery efforts, including screening and treatment for infectious diseases, educational support for children, and other aid for families in need.