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Explosive Violence Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/explosive-violence-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 Explosive Violence Monitor 2019 Latest annual report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – demonstrates that civilians continue to be disproportionately affected by the...
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Primary Sources US Presidents
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/primary-sources-us-presidents/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 State of the Union 2016 Read the full transcript of President Obama’s State of the Union speech on the White House website Politico has a video of the address and main responses.
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World Bank’s Open Budgets portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/world-banks-open-budgets-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 World Bank’s Open Budgets portal aims to provide a one-stop shop to locate national and sub-national regional budget economic data from about 40 nations involved in the...
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What happens when gender quotas are introduced for academic hiring committees?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/18/what-happens-when-gender-quotas-are-introduced-for-academic-hiring-committees/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2019 Interesting working paper covering the situation in France which found that after gender quota in academic hiring committees were imposed in France in 2015 there was a negative impact...
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International Civil Aviation Authority: Conflict Zone Information Repository (ICAO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/international-civil-aviation-authority-conflict-zone-information-repository-icao/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 A tool developed to provide researchers and the public with provide up-to-date information on potential risks to civil aviation arising from armed conflict.
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Are economists in touch with ordinary voters?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/are-economists-in-touch-with-ordinary-voters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Find out by reading the results of this interesting recent survey from the Centre for Macroeconomics. It also covers Brexit- why did votes ignore the advice of economists.
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Do extroverts earn more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/do-extroverts-earn-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 Interesting report released this week by the Sutton Trust which examines the link between personality, aspirations, career prospects and socioeconomic status.
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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Crime surveys and more
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/crime-surveys-and-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 What do Americans fear? Find out in the Chapman University Survey . Categories include crime and natural disasters.