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• Global Risks in the World 2017

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017.   It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.

• Happiness

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820.  Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.

• 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.

• 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.

• Window into China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/window-into-china/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy.

• New address for this blog

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/22/new-address-for-the-blog/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2013 Hello all.  The Social Sciences Librarians’ Blog has a new address https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/   RSS feed addresses have also changed.

• Cornell University Political Americana Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/cornell-university-political-americana-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Cornell University Political Americana Collection Hundreds of images of political commemorative items from the USA from 1789 to 1980.

• Reading’s Windrush Generation

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/readings-windrush-generation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 The Memories of the Reading Windrush Generation and the Descendants  is a series of oral-history recordings developed by members of Reading’s local Caribbean community and...

• Artificial intelligence and education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/artificial-intelligence-and-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 An open-access, crowdsourced book of ideas on how artificial intelligence might be used in education.

• Gender diversity on corporate boards

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/gender-diversity-on-corporate-boards/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 The Global Gender Diversity Report, is an annual report published by Altrata.