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• Sri Lanka terrorism threats; get some academic facts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/sri-lanka-terrorism-threats-get-some-academic-facts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka  have left the world in shock.

• Are children in the UK exposed to online pornography?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/are-children-in-the-uk-exposed-to-online-pornography/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 And if so, what impact does it have on their lives and relationships?  The NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner asked Middlesex University to conduct a study.

• Gender imbalance in film scripts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.

• Social media and universities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-media-and-universities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? An interesting article from Australia currently available free of charge from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.

• Attitudes to Domestic Violence in Low and Middle Income Countries: a multi-level approach to primary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/attitudes-to-domestic-violence-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-multi-level-approach-to-primary-prevention/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 This project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Future Research Leaders Awards and led by the University of Bristol.

• 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.

• 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.