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AI and criminal and forensic psychology
In his inaugural address to the Royal Academy of Forensic Sciences (RAED), Bernat-Noël Tiffon reflects on whether artificial intelligence is an indispensable ally or a rival that could dehumanize forensic practice. He reviews the advances in AI for assessing the risk of violence and emphasizes the need to maintain human oversight and professional responsibility
A social vaccine against penal populism
During her induction into the RAED, Rocío Naveja presents the so-called ALAS Guanajuato model, an innovative crime prevention strategy based on the progressive structural criminological vulnerability model
The One Health Paradigm as a major economic asset
During his induction as a member of the Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Catalonia, Alfredo Rocafort argued for the need to integrate the economic perspective into the One Health approach, already adopted by the scientific and healthcare sector and a significant portion of the medical and veterinary professions
Business schools and artificial intelligence
David López defends the role that business schools, and specifically MBA programs in business administration, play in a world where artificial intelligence is democratizing technical knowledge and threatening the relevance of traditional master’s degrees in the report “IA o máster: ¿por qué debo ir a una escuela de negocios?” (AI or Master’s Degree: Why Should I Go to a Business School?)
José Ramón Calvo, new director of the Research Center at Fujairah University
José Ramón Calvo appointed new director of the Research Centre at the University of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates
Cells that heal
Pedro Guillén presents three decades of research in regenerative medicine focused on the use of cartilage cells during his acceptance speech at the Royal Academy of Medicine of Castilla-La Mancha: “The cell as medicine: chondrocyte culture rejuvenates the joint”
When AI becomes a threat
Cecilia Kindelán explains, during the 10th International Academic Meeting of the RAED (Royal Academy of Design), how the development of behaviors similar to a self-preservation instinct in artificial intelligence has moved beyond theoretical speculation and become a real cause for concern
Implementing AI in business without dying in the attempt
Josep Alet addresses the implementation of artificial intelligence in the business sector, its cost, and its return on investment in his presentation, “La paradoja de la IA de 2026: de la tecnología genérica a la capacidad situada” (The AI Paradox of 2026: From Generic Technology to Situated Capability)
The new era of the ‘morning-after pill’
Francisco González de Posada explains, during the 10th International Academic Meeting of the RAED in Rhineland, Germany, how the true decisive factor in the evolution of humanity is not found in geopolitical crises, climate change, or AI, but in the transformation of human reproduction since the advent of the pill and other contraceptive methods
Civil society and the political class
Ignacio Buqueras analyzes the role that citizens must play in the democratic system to become its central axis, in the presentation “La sociedad civil y la clase política” (Civil society and the political class), during the X International Academic Meeting of the RAED in the Rhine (Germany)
Spreading Gaudí’s legacy
Alfredo Rocafort, Ignacio Buqueras, Juan Trias de Bes, Chiara Curti, and Josep Maria Tarragona present the Commemorative Roundtable Series for the Centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s Death, to be held by the Royal Academy of Architecture (RAED) between April 15 and June 10
Democracy, populism and propaganda
Teresa Freixes reflects on current Spanish and international politics in her latest articles: “Dante, Habermas y el patriotismo constitucional”, “Las dos orillas”, “Relato en tiempo de guerra” and “El derecho a la financiación singular”
