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Well-being of the aged
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/10/wellbeing-of-the-aged/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2014 The Global Agewatch Index From HelpAge International ranks nations worldwide on their environment for older persons.
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Poverty in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/04/poverty-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2014 Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation (ImPRovE) Useful project which is focusing upon social policy and poverty in Europe.
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Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/23/foreign-policy-diplomacy-and-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2013 Foreign Policy magazine Release their annual list of top 100 key people to follow on Twitter See the full list that includes politicians, diplomats and key political thinkers.
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Relaunched (with expanded content): Associated Press Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/relaunched-with-expanded-content-associated-press-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://www.aparchive.com/ AP Archive is the film and video archive of the Associated Press The collection includes over 1.
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Are the rich getting richer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/are-the-rich-getting-richer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos , in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth.
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2011 National Human Development Report for Russia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/14/2011-national-human-development-report-for-russia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 14, 2012 http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/national/europethecis/russia/name,24360,en.html Find out more about socio-economic conditions in Russia by reading this major new report.
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History of Economic Thought revamp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/23/history-of-economic-thought-revamp/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 23, 2016 The website History of Economic Thought re-launched recently thanks to support from the Institute for New Economic Thinking . Run by Gonçalo L.
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Will people need cash in the future?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/will-people-need-cash-in-the-future/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 This week the Access to Cash report was published. This independent survey found that the many people in the UK, primarily the poor, continue to rely heavily on cash.
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Flooding
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/flooding/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods,...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/124/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester