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Online harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/27/online-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2014 How common is online harassment? According to a Pew Internet Project repor t 40% of Internet users in the USA have personally experienced online harassment, 73% have...
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What institutions do people trust?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-institutions-do-people-trust/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer surveyed 33,000 people in 27 countries on their trust in the institutions of government, media, business and NGOs.
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The EU’s most digitally advanced nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/the-eus-most-digitally-advanced-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index from the European Commission which measures progress in EU nations.
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Nigerian Security
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/nigerian-security/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 Nigerian Presidential elections are due to take place soon.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/global-entrepreneurship-and-development-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Free access to this annual index of nations ranked according to how conducive they are to entrepreneurial...
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State of Bitcoin 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/state-of-bitcoin-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 The latest report from Coin Desk stated that in 2014 Bloomberg regarded Bitcoin as the worst performing currency.
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.
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Wellbeing among children and young people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/11/wellbeing-among-children-and-young-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2021 Measures bank for Children and Young Peoples Wellbeing What Works Centre for Wellbeing has a developed a metrics framework to measure the subjective wellbeing of children and...
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Global Passport Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/01/global-passport-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2021 Global Citizen solutions have ranked passports in terms ease of doing business, quality of life, and investment opportunities offered to a passport holder.