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• 3 open-access books about Social Media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/3-open-access-books-about-social-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 How the World Changed Social Media: Download free from http://bit.ly/24AUbKH Social Media in an English Village: Download free from http://bit.

• How one woman’s app is changing political communication

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/how-one-womans-app-is-changing-political-communication/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article.

• New corporate governance reforms

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/new-corporate-governance-reforms/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 This week the UK government introduced a series of measures to regulate corporate governance. The aim of these is to increase trust.

• Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.

• World Economic Forum Transformation Maps

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/world-economic-forum-transformation-maps/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 First created in 2015 to map and visualize complex changes associated with globalisation, these resources are now freely available to the public. Over 120 issues are covered.

• Atlas of Economic Complexity

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/atlas-of-economic-complexity-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 A resource from Harvard University which maps accurate real data on global trade worldwide enabling great data visualizations.

• Women, Medellin, Colombia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/women-medellin-colombia/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Dr Sonja Marzi  has launched the website of her project ‘ Futuros urbanos desde las mujeres ’.

• Diaspora Mapping Toolkit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/5106/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 Diaspora Mapping Toolkit Created by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this toolkit sets out practical guidance on how to map diasporas in different settings.

• Direction of AI Innovation in the UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/direction-of-ai-innovation-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025   This report from Institute for Public Policy Research outlines the AI innovation landscape in the UK to determine which type of AI deployment is and is not currently taking place.

• 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.