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Social, Political and Economic Event Database (SPEED) Project Data.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/social-political-and-economic-event-database-speed-project-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 … comprises data on de-stabilising events such as coups, revolutions and political and economic upheaval. Analysis has been made from a global news archive.
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Development data library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/development-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 USAID Library relaunched with enhanced data. This website provides information on projects supported from its funding.
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Human Trafficking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/human-trafficking-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 30th July was World Day Against Trafficking in Persons . The official UN website provides background on the need for the day and related United Nations publications.
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Charlie Hebdo attacks: first anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/charlie-hebdo-attacks-first-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Twitter coverage of the anniversary The University of Oxford has translated and made free on the Internet a book on tolerance. With extracts from key French philosophers and writers.
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Leicester ranked 4th best city in the UK for starting a business
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-business-ranking
St Martin's Square Leicester St Martin's Square Leicester|New research reveals that Leicester is one of the leading UK cities for launching successful start-ups.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/research/health-and-wellbeing/alarm/people
Project team Eva Krockow, University of Leicester, Principal Investigator Dr Eva Krockow is Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology of Vision Sciences with expertise in mixed-methods research in health-related decision making.
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Rob Hammond
https://le.ac.uk/people/rob-hammond
The academic profile of Dr Robert Hammond, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology at University of Leicester
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Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet
The new Home Planet gallery features an interactive projection floor with ice, water, and sea creatures that respond to visitor movements, while an art installation by local artist Michelle Reader based on the ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’ but made entirely from recycled...
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Turi King
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/turi-king
Canadian Turi started as an archaeologist, studying Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge, then switched to Genetics when she came to Leicester as a postgraduate.
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International Partnership Space Project
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/international-partnership-space-project
Information on The International Partnership Space Project (IPSP), a collaboration between UK, Mexican and Brazilian institutions to improve the application of earth observation in the forest sector.