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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.

• The Changing Wealth of Nations 1995-2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/the-changing-wealth-of-nations-1995-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 This book from the World Bank tracks the wealth of 141 countries between 1995 and 2014.

• 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.

• Harry Potter: a history of Magic launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/3453/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 Based on the popular British Library exhibition and a new online exhibition from Google Arts and Culture.   It includes the early manuscripts and sketches of author J.K.

• Vaccinate yourself against fake news

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/vaccinate-yourself-against-fake-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 Using a new online game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Dutch media collective DROG .

• Number of fact-checking sites worldwide increasing rapidly

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/number-of-fact-checking-sites-worldwide-increasing-rapidly/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 According to the latest annual report from the Duke Reporters Lab .  They found that in 2018 the number has increased by 31 percent.

• Digital Terrorism and Hate online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/digital-terrorism-and-hate-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A new report from the Simon Wiesenthal center finds the rise of alt-tech far-right digital websites and platforms.

• Suffragettes on File

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/suffragettes-on-file/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A new educational resource from the National Archives designed for teachers of Key stage 1,3,5 – Suffragettes on File .

• Sexual harassment in the workplace

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 “Urgent action” is needed to better protect victims of sexual harassment in the workplace a fter shocking incidents were reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

• 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.