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author Karamolegkou, Antonia
Borah, Angana
Cho, Eunjung
Choudhury, Sagnik Ray
Galletti, Martina
Gupta, Pranav
Ignat, Oana
Kargupta, Priyanka
Kotonya, Neema
Lamba, Hemank
Lee, Sun-Joo
Mangla, Arushi
Mondal, Ishani
Moudakir, Fatima Zahra
Nazarova, Deniz
Nemkova, Poli
Pisarevskaya, Dina
Rizwan, Naquee
Sabri, Nazanin
Samway, Keenan
Stammbach, Dominik
Steinberg, Anna
Tomás, David
Wilson, Steven R
Yi, Bowen
Zhu, Jessica H
Zubiaga, Arkaitz
Søgaard, Anders
Fraser, Alexander
Jin, Zhijing
Mihalcea, Rada
Tetreault, Joel R.
Dementieva, Daryna
author_facet Karamolegkou, Antonia
Borah, Angana
Cho, Eunjung
Choudhury, Sagnik Ray
Galletti, Martina
Gupta, Pranav
Ignat, Oana
Kargupta, Priyanka
Kotonya, Neema
Lamba, Hemank
Lee, Sun-Joo
Mangla, Arushi
Mondal, Ishani
Moudakir, Fatima Zahra
Nazarova, Deniz
Nemkova, Poli
Pisarevskaya, Dina
Rizwan, Naquee
Sabri, Nazanin
Samway, Keenan
Stammbach, Dominik
Steinberg, Anna
Tomás, David
Wilson, Steven R
Yi, Bowen
Zhu, Jessica H
Zubiaga, Arkaitz
Søgaard, Anders
Fraser, Alexander
Jin, Zhijing
Mihalcea, Rada
Tetreault, Joel R.
Dementieva, Daryna
contents Natural language processing (NLP) now shapes many aspects of our world, yet its potential for positive social impact is underexplored. This paper surveys work in ``NLP for Social Good" (NLP4SG) across nine domains relevant to global development and risk agendas, summarizing principal tasks and challenges. We analyze ACL Anthology trends, finding that inclusion and AI harms attract the most research, while domains such as poverty, peacebuilding, and environmental protection remain underexplored. Guided by our review, we outline opportunities for responsible and equitable NLP and conclude with a call for cross-disciplinary partnerships and human-centered approaches to ensure that future NLP technologies advance the public good.
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spellingShingle NLP for Social Good: A Survey and Outlook of Challenges, Opportunities, and Responsible Deployment
Karamolegkou, Antonia
Borah, Angana
Cho, Eunjung
Choudhury, Sagnik Ray
Galletti, Martina
Gupta, Pranav
Ignat, Oana
Kargupta, Priyanka
Kotonya, Neema
Lamba, Hemank
Lee, Sun-Joo
Mangla, Arushi
Mondal, Ishani
Moudakir, Fatima Zahra
Nazarova, Deniz
Nemkova, Poli
Pisarevskaya, Dina
Rizwan, Naquee
Sabri, Nazanin
Samway, Keenan
Stammbach, Dominik
Steinberg, Anna
Tomás, David
Wilson, Steven R
Yi, Bowen
Zhu, Jessica H
Zubiaga, Arkaitz
Søgaard, Anders
Fraser, Alexander
Jin, Zhijing
Mihalcea, Rada
Tetreault, Joel R.
Dementieva, Daryna
Computation and Language
Computers and Society
Natural language processing (NLP) now shapes many aspects of our world, yet its potential for positive social impact is underexplored. This paper surveys work in ``NLP for Social Good" (NLP4SG) across nine domains relevant to global development and risk agendas, summarizing principal tasks and challenges. We analyze ACL Anthology trends, finding that inclusion and AI harms attract the most research, while domains such as poverty, peacebuilding, and environmental protection remain underexplored. Guided by our review, we outline opportunities for responsible and equitable NLP and conclude with a call for cross-disciplinary partnerships and human-centered approaches to ensure that future NLP technologies advance the public good.
title NLP for Social Good: A Survey and Outlook of Challenges, Opportunities, and Responsible Deployment
topic Computation and Language
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22327