Search
-
Observatory of killed journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/observatory-of-killed-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 New database from UNESCO. Shocki ngly the The Observatory records 1,293 killings since 1993, including more than 80 recorded in 2018 .
-
Virtual Votes for Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of events and artefacts.
-
Social Justice Day 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/social-justice-day-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 20th February was World Social Justice day the 2017 Theme was “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work A key document is the adoption in 2008 by the ILO of...
-
February is LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/february-if-lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 To celebrate the arrival LGBT History Month view this collection on which features primary source documents and teaching materials relating to the impact of the 1969 Stonewall...
-
LGBTI in developing countries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/lgbti-in-developing-countries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Surveys, big data, and experiments: how can we best learn about LGBTI development outcomes? Interesting new Research policy working paper from the World Bank which highlights the...
-
Black Students Mental Health Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/black-students-mental-health-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 The Black Students Mental Health Project Good Thinking has partnered with the Black Students Mental Health Project (BSMHP) to host a range of mental wellbeing resources,...
-
The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.
-
Subject choice leads to gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/11/subject-choice-leads-to-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2021 Gender differences in subject choice leads to gender pay gap immediately after graduation.
-
Our World in Data: Migration Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/our-world-in-data-migration-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers in a new visual dashboard created by Our World in Data using statistics derived from United Nations Department...
-
Russian Books of the 18th Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/russian-books-of-the-18th-century/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Open access collection from the University of Illinois Slavic Reference Collection.