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Open Observatory of Network Interference: Tor Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/open-observatory-of-network-interference-tor-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 A free software, Global Observation Network, for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet.
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Our World in Data: Migration Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/our-world-in-data-migration-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers in a new visual dashboard created by Our World in Data using statistics derived from United Nations Department...
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Boots Archive timeline
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/boots-archive-timeline/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Chemist store Boots has just released a fascinating timeline of images about its company history which economic historians may find useful.
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Stonewall 50th commemoration web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/stonewall-50th-commemoration-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Just launched by Columbia University, a searchable web archive of 50 th anniversary commemorations of the Stonewall uprising. The Stonewall uprising a key event in LGBT history.
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Open Secrets.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/22/open-secrets-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2011 http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/index.php From the Center for Responsive Politics. Includes data for the US 2012 presidential elections .
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India Real Time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/13/india-real-time/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2012 http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/ Useful readable blog with contributions from staff at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones newswire reporters.
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Global slavery index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/global-slavery-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the Walk Free Foundation there are 38.5 million slaves worldwide. including 8,300 in the UK.
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UK elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/uk-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 ‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society.
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Mentions of Trident on Historical Hansard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/21/mentions-of-trident-on-historical-hansard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2016 Blog post on the Talking Humanities blog analyses the use of the word Trident in parliamentary debate: https://talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.
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Social media in peace mediation: a practical framework
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/social-media-in-peace-mediation-a-practical-framework/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 A new paper by UN DPPA Mediation Support Unit and Swiss Peace which explores the role of social media in armed conflict.