Ten Years of Software Engineering in Society

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17802v1
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 12:19:58 GMT
• Title: Ten Years of Software Engineering in Society
• Authors: Iffat Fatima, Patricia Lago,
• Abstract summary: We want to use the articles published in the SEIS track as a proxy or example of the research in this field.<n>We conducted a mapping study of the 123 articles published in the SEIS track and among the results identified trends pertaining sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and open-source software.<n>As future work, our aim is to stimulate discussion in the community and we hope to inspire replications of this work in other conference venues.
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• Abstract: In the international software engineering research community, the premier conference (ICSE) features since a decade a special track on the role of SE In Society (or SEIS track). In this work, we want to use the articles published in this track as a proxy or example of the research in this field, in terms of covered topics, trends, and gaps. Also, since SEIS was originally defined with a special focus on sustainability, we want to observe the evolution of the research in this respect. We conducted a mapping study of the 123 articles published in the SEIS track and among the results identified (i) trends pertaining sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and open-source software; (ii) gaps regarding concrete interventions to solve problems (e.g., workplace discrimination, the emotional well-being of developers); and (iii) a main sustainability focus in the social dimension, while the environmental dimension is the least frequently addressed. As future work, our aim is to stimulate discussion in the community and we hope to inspire replications of this work in other conference venues.

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