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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.

• Are bankers dishonest?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/are-bankers-dishonest/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 According to a study published in Nature, the banking culture encourages dishonesty. Research from YouGov has shown that since the recession public trust in banking has declined.

• LGBT tolerance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/lgbt-tolerence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.

• Online Privacy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/online-privacy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently.

• PSE: UK Poverty and social exclusion

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/pse-uk-poverty-and-social-exclusion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://www.poverty.ac.uk/ has just been re-launched, with a host of new features to improve access to the project data and findings.

• Web Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/web-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 The World Wide Web Foundation has launched the Web Index : http://www.webfoundation.

• MOnetary ValuE of health at older ages (MOVE) Simulator

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/monetary-value-of-health-at-older-ages-move-simulator/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 Developed by the WHO Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit, the MOVE simulator allows a user to estimate the value of changes in health status for an individual or a population...

• Eurobarometer site upgrade

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/eurobarometer-site-upgrade/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 European  Commission has recently revamped the Eurobarometer website.

• How many women work in UK film production?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/how-many-women-work-in-uk-film-production/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 In 2015 25% of the 203 British films in production had no women in any of the six key production roles (director, writer, producer, exec-producer, cinematographer, and editor).

• ‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey.   It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.