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research / gender-inclusive-oss

Gender-Inclusive Open Source through Gender-Inclusive Tools

completed

Identifying and removing the gender-inclusivity bugs in the tools and processes open source projects rely on.

FundingNSF CHS #1900903
AmountUSD 528.9K
Period2019–2023

About

Identifying and removing the gender-inclusivity bugs in the tools and processes open source projects rely on.

Add a longer description at data/projects/gender-inclusive-oss.md.

Team

Publications

2025

conferenceCHASE@ICSE
The Multifaceted Nature of Mentoring in OSS: Strategies, Qualities, and Ideal Outcomes
Zixuan Feng · Igor Steinmacher · Marco Aurélio Gerosa · Tyler Menezes · Alexander Serebrenik · Reed Milewicz · Anita Sarma · [open access]
Gender-inclusive OSS CT agent OSS-Doorway RETTL 2303042

2023

conferenceICSE★ ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper
Do I Belong? Modeling Sense of Virtual Community Among Linux Kernel Contributors
Bianca Trinkenreich · Klaas-Jan Stol · Anita Sarma · Daniel M. Germán · Marco Aurélio Gerosa · Igor Steinmacher · [preprint PDF]
Gender-inclusive OSS

2022

conferenceICSE-SEIS★ Best Paper Award (SEIS)
An Empirical Investigation on the Challenges Faced by Women in the Software Industry: A Case Study
Bianca Trinkenreich · Ricardo Britto · Marco Aurélio Gerosa · Igor Steinmacher · [preprint PDF]
Gender-inclusive OSS
conferenceSANER
Hits and Misses: Newcomers' ability to identify Skills needed for OSS tasks
Ítalo Santos · Igor Wiese · Igor Steinmacher · Anita Sarma · Marco Aurélio Gerosa
1815503 Gender-inclusive OSS
journalIEEE Trans. Software Eng. 48: 241-259
How Gender-Biased Tools Shape Newcomer Experiences in OSS Projects
Hema Susmita Padala · Christopher J. Mendez · Felipe Fronchetti · Igor Steinmacher · Zoe Steine-Hanson · Claudia Hilderbrand · Amber Horvath · Charles Hill · Logan Simpson · Margaret Burnett · Marco Aurélio Gerosa · Anita Sarma
1815503 Gender-inclusive OSS

News and presentations

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