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Space Power and AI experts
https://le.ac.uk/research/space-power/experts
Meet the experts driving research in space, power, and society at the University of Leicester - exploring global inequalities, governance, and transformative change.
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Obituary: Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/15-obituary-emeritus-professor-eric-dunning
It was with great sadness that the University has learned of the death of Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning. Eric was a pioneer in the sociology of sport and the founder, with Patrick Murphy and John Williams, of the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research.
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Awakening of Indian Women webinar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/awakening-of-indian-women-webinar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The Awakening of Indian Women is an account of the Indian feminist movement in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Business Economics with Foundation Year BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/business-economics-with-foundation-year-bsc/2026
If you would love to study business economics here at Leicester, but don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen.
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Human Development Report 2025: A matter of choice: people and possibilities in the age of Artificial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/human-development-report-2025-a-matter-of-choice-people-and-possibilities-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to the 2025 Human Development Report released on 6 May 2025 by the United Nations Development Programme.
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Festival of the accused
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/festival-of-the-accused/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 Videos or discussion and debate on the history of witch trials from a recent conference held at the British Library in November 2023.
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Children and benefits
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/26/children-and-benefits/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2024 Global Child Benefits Tracker Save the Children, ILO and UNICEF have developed an online platform to monitor children’s access to benefits worldwide.
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Mozambique Conflict Observatory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/mozambique-conflict-observatory/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Mozambique Conflict Observatory- Cabo Ligado — or ‘connected cape’ .
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WTO Research Database on Trade and Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/wto-research-database-on-trade-and-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 New WTO Research Database on Trade and Gender, contains information on over 100 research papers produced by WTO members and published by WTO publications or academic journals.
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Children and happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/children-and-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 More children in the UK are unhappy with their lives according to the latest annual report from the Children’s Society which measures happiness and wellbeing in over 2,000...