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Leicester scientists win Space Oscar for pioneering research to reduce deforestation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-scientists-win-2018space-oscar2019-for-pioneering-research-to-reduce-deforestation
Research that has led to a mobile app to help combat illegal logging has been recognised internationally.
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Katy Bunning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/author/klg22/
Katy is the current Programme Director of Museum Studies by Distance Learning and a Research Associate in the School of Museum Studies.
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Sheila Watson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/author/serw1/
Deputy Head of the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.
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Live crime tracker, USA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/live-crime-tracker-usa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the...
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The Changing Wealth of Nations 1995-2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/the-changing-wealth-of-nations-1995-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 This book from the World Bank tracks the wealth of 141 countries between 1995 and 2014.
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Financial Secrecy Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/financial-secrecy-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Which jurisdictions have the most secret offshore tax havens? Find out in the latest annual ranking from the Tax Justice Network which covers transparency and accountability .
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Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/taube-archive-of-the-international-military-tribunal-at-nuremberg-1945-1946/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 The archive of the IMT is now online via the Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice website .
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dataUNODC (Drugs and Crime statistics)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/08/dataunodc-drugs-and-crime-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2020 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) new data portal makes its reliable global data on drugs and crime easier to access and visualise.
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Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/15/reconsidering-southern-african-studies-from-the-indian-ocean/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 15, 2014 “Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean.” This challenge underpinned two wonderful days of discussion at the University of the Western Cape last week.
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What is history for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/04/10/what-is-history-for-thinking-about-forced-migration-and-its-aftermath/
University of Leicester staff blogs convicts penal colonies slavery migration