RA 01
Comparable corpus
Collection and contrastive analysis of university institutional texts across German, English and Italian.
Completed
HCAI4Gend
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Gender Sensitive Linguistic Simplification in German, English and Italian Institutional Communication
Human-centered AI
for inclusive
Institutional communication
HCI4GEND investigates university institutional communication through the integration of linguistics, law, computer science and psycholinguistics. The project combines corpus-based linguistic research, psycholinguistic experimentation, and human-centered artificial intelligence to understand how institutional language can become clearer, more accessible, and more gender-sensitive.
See moreThe findings are translated into an AI-powered writing assistant that supports inclusive institutional communication.
ProgrammePRIN 2022
Duration28 months (2023—2025)
LanguagesGerman · English · Italian
ApproachInterdisciplinary
Research objectives
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01
Understanding
Examine current linguistic practices in university institutional communication through a multilingual corpus, identifying strategies for accessibility and gender-sensitive language.
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02
Validating
Develop and validate gender-sensitive rewriting strategies through a parallel corpus and psycholinguistic experiments assessing readability, comprehension and language processing.
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03
Developing
Design and train an open-source, human-centered AI writing assistant that supports inclusive institutional communication while preserving legal accuracy.
Research Activities
RA 02
Parallel corpus
Alignment of source materials and simplified, gender-sensitive versions for systematic comparison.
CompletedRA 03
Psycholinguistic experiments
Empirical testing of comprehension and processing for selected linguistic strategies.
CompletedRA 04
AI-based editor
Design of a human-centered tool proposing grammatical options for gender-sensitive institutional writing.
CompletedResearch outputs
Publications
Scientific articles and chapters
Conferences
Talks, panels and presentations
Events
Workshops and public meetings
Deliverables
Corpora, reports and digital tools
Research Team
Università degli Studi
di Milano
Lead unit · 01
Principal InvestigatorValentina Crestani
- Elisabetta Crivelli
- Nannerel Fiano
- Paolo Gambatesa
- Caterina Saracco
- Cecilia Siccardi
Università degli Studi
di Salerno
Research unit · 02
Principal InvestigatorGiuliana Vitiello
- Maria De Martino
- Mafalda Ingenito
- Daniela Vellutino
Università degli Studi
di Trieste
Research unit · 03
Principal InvestigatorKatia Peruzzo
- Marella Magris
- Giulia Pedrini
- Lorenza Rega
Università degli Studi
di Bologna
Research unit · 04
Principal InvestigatorSandro Moraldo
- Ramona Pellegrino
- Beatrice Spallaccia