Community Survey for ICSE 2026 Future of Software Engineering: Toward a Healthy Software Engineering Community

Dear colleagues – In the context of the ICSE 2026 Future of Software Engineering – Toward a Healthy Community, please find below/attached the results of the community survey. We received 280 completed surveys. We appreciate everyone who contributed and provided their frank answers; without understanding where we collectively stand and how members of our community are feeling and experiencing their work, it would be difficult to make progress. In analyzing and interpreting this data, we ask that you: Respect that some or many responses may be different from your opinion; not everyone’s experience is going to be the same; Take into account that individual responses are always shaped by the reward structures embedded in the system in which they work/live; and Each answer, thus, is not just an indicator of the current wellbeing of the SE community, but, much more importantly so, an indicator of where in the system there might be room for improvement. We did not filter or alter any responses (except for one, where someone disclosed their specific institution), in favor of transparency – a problem aired is a problem shared. We now enter into the next phase of the ICSE 2026 Track, which is for individuals and groups to submit position papers. Please note that these position papers can, but are not required to, be rooted in the results from the survey. We look forward to your submissions! Peggy & Andre各位同仁： 在ICSE 2026"软件工程的未来——共建健康社区"专题赛道的背景下，现将社区调研问卷的结果公布如下/随函附上。 本次调研共回收280份有效完成的问卷。我们向所有参与调研并坦诚作答的受访者致以诚挚谢意；若无法明晰我们整体所处的处境，以及社区成员对其工作的感受与体验，我们将难以推进后续工作。 在对本次数据进行分析与解读时，敬请各位留意以下几点： 1. 请尊重部分乃至全部反馈与您的观点存在差异的情况——并非所有社区成员的工作体验都完全一致； 2. 请留意，个体反馈的形成始终受到其所处工作/生活体系内嵌的奖励机制的影响； 3. 因此，每份反馈不仅能够反映当前软件工程（Software Engineering, SE）社区成员的福祉状态，更重要的是，它能够指出该体系中存在哪些可供优化的空间。 为保障透明度——公开问题即共享问题——我们未对任何反馈进行筛选或修改（仅一例除外：有受访者公开了其所属具体机构）。 目前，ICSE 2026该专题赛道已进入下一阶段，即面向个人与团体征集立场文件。请注意，这些立场文件可以（但非强制要求）基于本次调研的结果进行创作。 我们期待您的投稿！ 佩吉与安德烈