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World Peace Index 2017 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/world-peace-index-2017-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 Find out which is the world’s most peaceful country using the latest annual index from Visions of Humanity. It also summaries worldwide and regional trends.
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BBC Rewind: Northern Ireland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/bbc-rewind-northern-ireland/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 A website from the BBC Rewind provides free access to BBC archive news programmes reflecting life and events in Northern Ireland from 1952 to December 1979.
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Pacific Manuscript Bureau
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/pacific-manuscript-bureau/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 Pacific Manuscript Bureau is useful tool for researchers of ethnography and colonial, social, political history of the region.
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University students and mental health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/university-students-and-mental-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 UCAS has published a report, Starting the Conversation, which explores mental ill health in university applications.
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Gender-based violence: Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/gender-based-violence-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 Afrobarometer surveys of Africans on gender-based violence This dispatch reports on a special survey module included in the Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021/2023) questionnaire to explore...
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Observatory of Algorithms with Social Impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/observatory-of-algorithms-with-social-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 A listing from the Eticas Foundation which is indexing algorithms used by search engines and organisations and classifying them by type location and impact.
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More data portals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/more-data-portals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 O pen Data Inception has mapped over 1600 open data portals around the world. Hover over the maps to get statistics on different nations.
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Africa Management Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/africa-management-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Africa UN Knowledge Management Hub is developed by the United Nations Development System in Africa to provide a single place to access to documents on African regional collaboration...
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Disability arts online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/disability-arts-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Disability arts online , led by disabled UK artists, includes advice and support for disabled artists as well as listings, reviews, news relating to the arts and accessibility to...
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First Draft News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/first-draft-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 With the shocking news from Belgium this week, we see the media using eye witness and social media resources.