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Mapping Segregation: Google Maps and the Human Rights of Palestinians
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/mapping-segregation-google-maps-and-the-human-rights-of-palestinians/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Interesting report by 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement which argues that the boundaries and names used on Google Maps favour the cause of the Israeli government in the...
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Does social media make you happy or unhappy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/does-social-media-make-you-happy-or-unhappy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 This week the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “ Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental...
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Beyond Consultations Too – Ensuring women’s voices are heard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/beyond-consultations-too-ensuring-womens-voices-are-heard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 GAPS UK and a consortium of key development organisations have just launched a tool to ensure women’s voices are heard in consultations about peace and conflict reconstruction in...
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Canadian women directors
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/canadian-women-directors/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 Canadian women film directors database Compiled by Margaret Fulford, a librarian at the University of Toronto.
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Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/internet-freedom-has-declined-for-the-sixth-consecutive-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 …according to the latest annual Freedom on the Internet report from Freedom House.
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The Politics of Women’s Suffrage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/the-politics-of-womens-suffrage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 The Politics of Women’s Suffrage edited by Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Lyndsey Jenkins. A new open-access book from the School of Advanced study, University of London.
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The PopuList
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/the-populist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 Which parties are left-wing, right-wing or Eurosceptic populist? Find out using Th e Populist, a Project supported by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, The...
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Does being a woman academic hold you back?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/does-being-a-woman-academic-hold-you-back/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Find out by downloading a new research study published by staff from Cardiff University this week.
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Communication in Emergencies Research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/communication-in-emergencies-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 A new site compiled by independent charity BBC Media Action.
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Striking Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/striking-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 An educational site developed by developed by Dr Sundari Anitha from the University of Lincoln and Professor Ruth Pearson from the University of Leeds in 2013 but worth rediscovering.