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Study on Gender and Disaggregated Data in the Arctic Region

M Heikkinen, AR Rönkä, M Pietiläinen, K Everett… - 2026

The SDWG project Gender Equality in the Arctic has been ongoing since 2013 and
in May 2021 completed its third phase whose main outcome was a Pan-Arctic
Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA III), published in tandem with the Arctic …

Intersectional biases in narratives produced by open-ended prompting of generative language models

E Shieh, FM Vassel, CR Sugimoto, T Monroe-White - Nature Communications, 2026

The rapid deployment of generative language models has raised concerns about
social biases affecting the well-being of diverse consumers. The extant literature on
generative language models has primarily examined bias via explicit identity …

Social Justice and School Biology Education: What Do Teacher Educators Think Can and Should Be Taught About Gender Issues?

M Mulcahy, W Lodge, MJ Reiss - Challenges of a Changing World in Biology …, 2025

Science education can play a part in helping to create a more socially just world.
However, the role of initial teacher educators in this has been under-researched. In
this study we undertook 1:1 interviews with twelve secondary science initial teacher …

Feminist and Gender Perspectives on Innovation and Design (please note this publication is behind a paywall)

B Prietl, T Paulitz - Handbook of Innovation: Perspectives from the Social …, 2025

This chapter presents feminist and gender perspectives on innovation and design. It
starts out with feminist reflections on androcentric concepts of innovation and
technology and the resulting marginalization of women in innovation processes as …

Maternal-Fetal Impact of Respiratory Viral Infections: Immune Mechanisms and Clinical Outcomes

MA Parish, SL Klein - Immunological reviews, 2026

Pregnancy is a unique immunological state characterized by physiological
adaptations that support fetal growth and development. These immune changes,
however, can leave pregnant women more vulnerable to severe outcomes from …

Our colleague, Prof. Capitolina Diaz, University of Valencia, has prepared a Protocol for Clinical Recommendations based on Sex and Gender in collaboration with the Spanish association of feminist doctors and nurses. The first half of the document is in Spanish; English starts on page 15. https://capsmujeresfysalud.org/sg-reclip/ 

The Korea Center for Gender Innovation in Science and Technology (GISTeR) and the University of Tokyo's IncluDE Center (UTokyo Center for Coproduction of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity) are hosting a webinar on The Future of Inclusive AI: Exploring Diversity, Equity, and Gendered Innovations, Feb 13, 2026, 10:00-11:30 am (Seoul time—please check the time in your area). Apply here: https://forms.gle/wF4uMmwJyiYawT849   After completing the application, you will receive a Zoom link .

Sex-specific cardiac ageing and sympathetic compensation: a translational study

A Haider, S Bengs, A Portmann, P Gebert, A Rossi, N Mikail, D Etter, S Fröhlich…

European Heart Journal, 2025•academic.oup.com

Recent evidence suggests that individuals with smaller left ventricular (LV) volumes and high LV ejection fraction face an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Age-related cardiac changes may particularly predispose women to these risk conditions.

International perspective on healthcare provider gender bias in musculoskeletal pain management: a scoping review

KF Wilford, MJ Mena-Iturriaga, M Vugrin, M Wainer… - BMJ open, 2026

Objective Musculoskeletal pain is a global issue affecting millions of individuals.
Healthcare provider gender bias (HCP-GB) in pain management or treatment may
have implications. This study aimed to systematically (1) identify and map the …

Advances in Face Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of Feature Extraction and Dataset Evaluation

SMH Abidi, SA Hassan, SM Raza, MJ Beliatis - Electronics, 2026

Face recognition has become a major research area due to the rapid growth of
intelligent software applications. However, reliable face identification remains
challenging because human facial features vary significantly under different …

Genderwashing in Digital Platforms' Self-Regulation: A Case Study of Decisions by the Meta Oversight Board. MM Avelar, LM Souto, Global Media Journal-German Edition, 2025•globalmediajournal.de

Online gender‑based violence curbs women’s rights while generating profit for digital platforms due to the high engagement generated by such content. This dynamic exemplifies the gender-related legal issues raised by digital platform business models. These harmful practices are scrutinised by legal and social science scholarship and addressed within a broad regulatory discourse encompassing both soft and hard law

Detecting and Mitigating Bias in Large Language Models Using Explainable AI

S Choudhary - JOURNAL OF ADVANCE AND FUTURE RESEARCH, 2025

Artificial intelligence has been revolutionized by Large Language Models (LLMs),
which allow for applications such as context-aware reasoning, human-like text
generation, and quick knowledge retrieval across various domains. Despite these …

Heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in a subsocial insect

I Grieve, N Pilakouta - Biology Letters, 2026

Climate change is increasing the frequency of heatwaves with detrimental effects on
reproduction. Sex differences in thermal sensitivity of fertility could impact population
persistence under global warming, with some predictions indicating increased …

Gender-fair language in translation and post-editing: Insights and best practices

M Lardelli - 2026

Machine Translation (MT) models knowingly suffer from gender bias, especially for
genders beyond the binary. Since issues of non-binary representation and language
use are still often neglected in both Translation Studies (TS) and MT, this book …

Sex-Based Differences in Hip Arthroscopic Findings, Management, and Outcomes: A Systematic Review

S Surucu, M Aydin, RJ Mahatme, J Simington, AY Lee… - Orthopaedic Journal of …, 2026

Background: Hip arthroscopy is an effective treatment for femoroacetabular
impingement and labral tears, with improvements in patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
Whether anatomic and management differences between sexes translate into …

Dialogic Reflection and Algorithmic Bias: Pathways Toward Inclusive AI in Education

P Peña-García, M Jaime-de-Aza, R Feltrero - Trends in Higher Education, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems typically inherit biases from their training data,
leading to discriminatory outcomes that undermine equity and inclusion. This issue
is particularly significant when popular Generative AI (GAI) applications are used in …