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Time-Lapse Maps of Russia’s War on Ukraine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/time-lapse-maps-of-russias-war-on-ukraine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 Released by the Institute For the Study of War, it is possible to download maps for each month of the war and to interact with them to zoom in and look at advances made by specific...
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Migrant Rights Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/04/21/migrant-rights-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 21, 2023 Created by the Migrants Rights Initiative , the database maps indicators for protection of migrant rights in 65 nations worldwide. See how your country compares.
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Free to view LGBTQIA+ books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/19/free-to-view-lgbtqia-books/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2023 The publisher Taylor and Francis have made a collection of LBGTQIA-related books free to view for pride month.
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Glossary of UN terms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/glossary-of-un-terms/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 For those who find the abbreviations used by the UN and its agencies difficult to understand t ry the latest free app which covers common acronyms and a glossary of terms.
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Participedia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/participedia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Participedia net Participedia is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
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Indicators for Democratic Parliaments
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/01/02/indicators-for-democratic-parliaments/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 2, 2024 From the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a platform of 25 indicators that can be used to help assess the capacity and performance...
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Rap music
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/rap-music/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 Rapsats statistics on rap music A tool to plot the frequency of words appearing in rap lyrics from 1988 through to the present day see more on contributors .
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HIV and adolescent girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/08/hiv-and-adolescent-girls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 8, 2014 Girls disproportionately affected by HIV Although the death toll from AIDS has fallen by 30% since 2005, a recent report from UNICEF shows that rates remain high among...
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Poor UK managers are rewarded with bonuses
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/poor-uk-managers-are-rewarded-with-bonuses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the National Management Salary Survey from CMI , 45% of under-performing managers received a bonus. The average is over £8,000 .
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Global Wage report 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/global-wage-report-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 Just released, the annual flag ship report from the ILO which has data and supporting essays on trends. The feature this year is the Gender pay gap.