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Social Mobility, or lack of same
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/social-mobility-or-lack-of-same/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 ‘Social mobility policies have made little Impact’ according to the latest Social Mobility Commission report which assesses 20 years of government policy.
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Preparing for Brexit: London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/preparing-for-brexit-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 New independent economic analysis commissioned by the Mayor of London. Looks at the impact on London and the rest of the UK of 5 possible Brexit scenarios.
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Unshackling expression – A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/unshackling-expression-a-study-on-laws-criminalising-expression-online-in-asia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 Free access to this special issue from GISWatch. It focuses on conditions in six Asian states: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand.
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UNU Sustainable Development Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/unu-sustainable-development-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 The United Nations University has launched its Sustainable Development Explorer.
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Atlas of Sustainable development Goals 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/atlas-of-sustainable-development-goals-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 This new visual atlas has just been released by the World Bank It has charts and articles based on the 17 SDGs taken from the World Development Indicators.
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First global report on smuggling of migrants
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/first-global-report-on-smuggling-of-migrants/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 Just released by UNODC, the first report on the nature and impact of the smuggling of migrants . It includes infographics and data on numbers and routes plus profiles.
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Freedom on the Net report 2018 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/freedom-on-the-net-report-2018-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Freedom House has just launched its latest annual report on the state of democracy and freedom on the Internet.
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Digital Data Gender Divide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/digital-data-gender-divide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Today worldwide 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. This report from the OECD considers what can be done.
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2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/2019-united-nations-peacekeeping-ministerial-conference/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection.
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Accuracy of web-based news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .