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Madrid24.02.26

“We don’t know whether AI will destroy more jobs than it creates, but we must prepare for it”

Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, Professor of Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid, has spent years studying how automation and AI affect wages in Spain. His latest research, supported by the ”la Caixa” Foundation Social Observatory, highlights that digitalisation is increasing inequality among workers and underlines the need to adapt in order to avoid a greater impact in the coming years.

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Barcelona29.12.25

Gorka Espiau: “It’s not about the jobs you create, but about whether you’re changing lives”

Scientific director of the Work4Progress programme, Gorka Espiau advocates for a different way of tackling development challenges: through genuine innovation, local participation and collective learning.

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Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza10.02.26

Talent that returns: when training abroad drives social progress

Madrid20.01.26

“I got stuck, but I’d like my children to go further”

Every morning, in Puente Vallecas, Ainhoa Torres serves breakfast to her three children. She is 35 years old and has lived her whole life in the neighbourhood, one of the most disadvantaged of Madrid. There, she is raising her children while completing her secondary education and looking for a job.

Perú05.01.26

Andean women turn their culture and traditions into employment through rural ecotourism

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Pamplona 28.02.24

Emma’s life without a raincoat

Emma was 32 when her partner tried to kill her by stabbing her 27 times. She woke up in intensive care and survived, but the attack left an indelible psychological mark, as well as physical consequences that made it very difficult to find a job to ...
- Social Programmes
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Barcelona 28.02.24

An artificial placenta to increase survival of the most premature babies

Every year, 28,000 premature babies are born in Spain, 800 of them extremely premature with a higher risk of suffering complications or not surviving. BCNatal, which integrates functionally the Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics Departments of ...
- Health
- Scientific Research
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Girona 28.02.24

The future of biomedical and health research in Spain and Portugal

It’s not every day that a group of scientists of the highest calibre from different disciplines meet up to discuss, share knowledge and jointly seek solutions to the current and future challenges facing their profession. This is precisely what ...
- Health
- Scientific Research
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Nueva York 28.02.24

More social justice and sustainability: young people call for change

EduCaixa has forged a new partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network (SDSN Youth) to promote entrepreneurial talent with social impact among young people in Spain and Portugal, and to bring them into the ...
- Education
- Secondary education
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Barcelona 28.02.24

From Mata Hari to Chelsea Manning: women spies from film to reality

The exhibition Top Secret. Cinema and Espionage at CaixaForum Barcelona, organised with the Cinémathèque Française, traces the figure of the spy from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, breaking numerous clichés and stereotypes, ...
- Culture
- Cinema
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València 22.02.24

Beyond the fear of the algorithm: a socially responsible AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was born in the 1950s with the aim of building intelligent computer systems. After decades of development, it has undergone exponential growth in recent years, with major implications in the technological, social and ...
- Fellowships
- Overseas Fellowships
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