I begin with amazing news from the University of Tokyo in Japan. Professor Yuko Fujigaki was selected as the president-elect of the University of Tokyo on September 28, 2026, becoming the institution's first female president in its nearly 150-year history. Her six-year term will begin April 1, 2027, and run through March 31, 2033. Congratulations to Professor Fujigaki and to all our Japanese colleagues!

Rearch of Interest:

Tackling resistance and sustaining change in Inclusive Gendered Innovation
D Walker, S Reidl, H Schiffbänker - 2026
This working paper examines how resistance emerges when Inclusive Gendered
Innovation (IGI) is implemented in research and innovation systems. It draws on
INSPIRE evidence from the Research Funding Organisations (RFO) Community of …

 “Technology and science are, by definition, non-discriminatory”-narratives of the performance of sex and gender dimensions in European climate project proposals
K Mögele, C Striebing, R Müller - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2026
The integration of sex and gender dimensions (SGDs) in European research and
innovation (R&I) funding has become a central policy priority, yet its practical
implementation in grant proposals remains underexplored. This study investigates …

Materia Medica: Black Women, White Doctors, and Spectacular Gynecology
NN Ivy - 2026
In 1840, a young doctor named James Marion Sims established the surgery practice
in Montgomery, Alabama at which he and his mentee, Nathan Bozeman, developed
the field of gynecology through experimentation on black enslaved women. In …

Tackling resistance and sustaining change in Inclusive Gendered Innovation
D Walker, S Reidl, H Schiffbänker - 2026
This working paper examines how resistance emerges when Inclusive Gendered
Innovation (IGI) is implemented in research and innovation systems. It draws on
INSPIRE evidence from the Research Funding Organisations (RFO) Community of …

Challenges, discomfort, resistance, and strategic ways forward: addressing researcher resistance to EDI principles in Canadian NSE research

IR Coe, A Webb
FACETS, 2026
Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are increasingly recognized as foundational to research excellence, yet many researchers in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) remain uncertain about, or resistant to, integrating EDI principles into their work. In this Perspectives article, we examine
how discomfort, confusion, and active resistance to EDI arise within Canadian NSE research cultures shaped by historically narrow notions of merit, objectivity, and excellence. Drawing on scholarship in research culture, behaviour,
Sex-specific differences in metabolic syndrome-related biomarkers across body fluids: a systematic review
N Soroush, SD Meij, E Peeters, A Hamamou… - Biology of Sex Differences, 2026
Abstract Background Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) exhibits significant sex differences
in clinical presentation and cardiometabolic outcomes. However, sex-and gender-
specific patterns in biomarkers across different body fluids among patients with MetS …

Sex and gender in digital mental health: why the data are not neutral
CH Cho - Women's Health Nursing, 2026
Digital tools, including smartphone sensors, wearable devices, and conversational
artificial intelligence, have moved mental health assessment beyond the clinic and
into everyday life, offering the possibility of earlier detection and broader access …
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