I hope each of you will find something of interest on this list.  Happy reading!  All best, Londa

Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

Concept Document Inclusivity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) in the Indian Context (Background Document for draft Inclusivity-STEMM-SARF)     Preamble                                                                       This concept document envisions highlighting different aspects of inclusivity that need emphasis or a renewed impetus from an institutional and policy viewpoint. It also serves as a background document for the draft Self Assessment and Reporting Framework (SARF) on inclusivity in STEMM being conceptualised by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. The document can inform diverse stakeholders including policymakers, academic institutions, research bodies, industry, civil society, and the public on incorporating considerations of inclusivity in their processes. These considerations include the widely discussed dimensions of inclusivity such as gender, disability, language, etc. alongside some of the less discussed dimensions such as knowledge plurality, diversity of thoughts and experiences, and intersectionality.

Rapid Ocean Warming Drives Sexually Divergent Habitat Use in a Threatened Predatory Marine Ectotherm

LR Mead, A Piper, DJ Alvarado, E Meyers, J Barker… - Global Change Biology, 2025

Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems worldwide,
altering physical, chemical, and biological processes at unprecedented rates.
Severe impacts on marine species and habitats have been extensively documented …

Analyzing Discourses in Portuguese Word Embeddings: A Case of Gender Bias Outside the English-Speaking World

FT de Souza Taso, VQ dos Reis, FV Martinez - Journal on Interactive Systems, 2025

In this paper we meticulously examined a Word Embedding model in Portuguese,
endeavoring to identify gender biases through diverse analytical perspectives,
employing SC-WEAT and RIPA metrics that is widely used in the English realm. Our …

McBE: A Multi-task Chinese Bias Evaluation Benchmark for Large Language Models

T Lan, X Su, X Liu, R Wang, K Chang, J Li, G Gao - arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.02088, 2025

As large language models (LLMs) are increasingly applied to various NLP tasks,
their inherent biases are gradually disclosed. Therefore, measuring biases in LLMs
is crucial to mitigate its ethical risks. However, most existing bias evaluation datasets …

Algorithmic bias, fairness, and inclusivity: a multilevel framework for justice-oriented AI

P Panarese, MM Grasso, C Solinas - AI & SOCIETY, 2025

The increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into decision-making
processes has raised concerns about the reproduction of gender and ethnic biases
within algorithmic systems. While a growing body of research has addressed this …

Empowering Women's Health: Proposed NIH Actions for Enhancing Accountability and Progress in Women's Health Research

L Hesse, V Su, P Ekregbesi, A Fennell, C Torabi…

Women’s health research is de ined as the study of health across a woman’s lifespan,
which includes sex differences in disease risk and drug responses as well as
conditions that are speci ic to women such as pregnancy and menopause (“The …

Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the lifecycle of artificial intelligence for healthcare: a scoping review

T Wang, E Emami, D Jafarpour, R Tolentino, G Gore… - PLOS Digital Health, 2025

The lack of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles in the lifecycle of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare is a growing concern. Despite its
importance, there is still a gap in understanding the initiatives undertaken to address …

ASSESSING GENDER-SENSITIVE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN STEAM EDUCATION IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN GWAGWALADA, FEDERAL …

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The study assessed Gender Sensitive Pedagogical Practices (GSPP) in Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education among senior
secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT, Nigeria. Four research …

Divergent mechanisms of cardiovascular remodeling between men and women

S Novella, E Gerdts, G Kararigas - American Journal of Physiology-Heart and …, 2025

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
Notably, there are significant differences between men and women in the
manifestation, progression and outcome of CVD, as well as in therapeutic responses …

Intersectional HCI on a Budget: An Analytical Approach Powered by Types

A Fallatah, MM Hamid, FA Moussaoui, C Chikezie, M Erwig, C Bogart, A Sarma, M Burnett

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2025•Taylor & Francis

Intersectional HCI recognizes that humans' interconnected social identities shape their experiences with technology. However, intersectional HCI requires extensive resources, such as access to intersectional populations, which many HCI practitioners may lack. For these practitioners, we present an analytical approach to bring intersectional lenses to HCI practices. The approach uses types—not at the level of identities, but at the level of

Measuring Machine Learning Harms from Stereotypes Requires Understanding Who Is Harmed by Which Errors in What Ways

A Wang, X Bai, S Barocas, SL Blodgett - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference …, 2025

Despite a proliferation of research on the ways that machine learning models can
propagate harmful stereotypes, very little of this work is grounded in the
psychological experiences of people exposed to such stereotypes. We use a case …

“Since Lawyers are Males..”: Examining Implicit Gender Bias in Hindi Language Generation by LLMs

I Gupta, I Joshi, A Dey, T Parikh - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on …, 2025

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being used to generate text across
various languages, for tasks such as translation, customer support, and education.
Despite these advancements, LLMs show notable gender biases in English, which …

Why women are not treated equally in healthcare and what can be done

R Khasriya, H Horsley - Nature Reviews Urology, 2025

Despite recognized sex-based differences in healthcare requirements, women
continue to experience substantial disparities in treatment, diagnosis and research.
This ‘gender health gap’manifests through increased emergency wait times …

Name-change law hurts Japanese scientists

Japan’s unique legal requirement that couples share the same family name after marriage causes a host of problems for female scientists. A survey of more than 7,500 researchers revealed that the law creates confusion when obtaining patents, qualifications and grants; when travelling abroad and when it comes to attributing their whole body of work. The century-old law doesn’t dictate which party must change their name, but in practice, the rule overwhelmingly affects women — 95% of married women in Japan legally change their name to their husband’s.

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Sustaining socially just and accurate life sciences teaching for sex, gender, and reproduction?

AMA Casper, LC Fuselier, S Jarosi, AK Lewis, S Ritz… - Natural Sciences Education, 2025

For decades experts have called for improving equity in science education regarding
sex, gender, and reproduction, with little large‐scale change. To identify potential
approaches to change, we convened an interdisciplinary group of biologists …

US NIH ORWH RECAP: The 9th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium 

The 9th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium occurred virtually on May 15, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., celebrating both the legacy of Vivian W. Pinn. M.D., and ORWH’s 35th anniversary during National Women’s Health Week. ORWH Director, Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO, opened the event by reaffirming ORWH’s commitment to improving women’s health through addressing biological, social, and structural determinants.

In her capstone address, Raquel Hill, Ph.D., explored the crucial intersections of data privacy, health disparities, and technological innovation—demonstrating how socioeconomic factors can impact life expectancy and emphasizing the integration of environmental and socioeconomic data into biomedical research.

A panel of experts then showcased innovative, data-driven approaches in women’s health, highlighting culturally grounded practices, survivorship challenges, and the balance of technical rigor with ethical data use. The symposium concluded with final remarks by Dr. Pinn that stressed the importance of data in transforming health care and advocated for equitable research methodologies and the ethical return of research findings to the participating communities.