A recent study conducted in 10 schools in Ghana tested a model for teacher professional development (TPD) based on mobile phone access to an online course. Regular professional learning community meetings supported the teachers. Meeting facilitators' modelling of participatory approaches, along with opportunities for discussion and questions, positively influenced teachers' engagement. Despite the relevance of the course content, teachers required support to access materials for professional purposes using their mobile phones.

Australian workers want employers to take action on climate change but are increasingly sceptical of corporate promises, with a new report finding that only 14 per cent believe their own employer is making good progress on climate commitments.

Japan's first comprehensive AI law puts "promotion" rather than regulation at its core. A new study in Risk Sciences traces this choice to Japan's distinctive social conditions – low AI adoption, low public trust, an ageing population and ageing corporate IT systems – and finds that promotional measures have boosted individual use and corporate trials, but have not yet driven deep integration of AI inside organisations.

New research has provided the first evidence that contact with natural environments can influence people’s relationship with food.

Led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in England and published in the journal Body Image, the study of 500 adults from the United Kingdon found links between exposure to nature and intuitive eating.