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Gender pay gap: what is the reality?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/gender-pay-gap-what-is-the-reality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 The release of the BBC annual report which disclosed the salaries of the highest wage earners provoked a discussion about Gender pay disparity.
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Place and the Brexit vote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/place-and-the-brexit-vote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 Interesting report released by the University of Southampton and the New Local Government Network.
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Sex discrimination and sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/sex-discrimination-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 The Fawcett Society Sex Discrimination review found significant failings in the current laws.
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Social data during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/04/27/social-data-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2020 Useful crowd sources Google Docs being coordinated by Ben Geiger University of Kent and the National Centre for Social Methods.
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Women Elected Officials Database From the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/women-elected-officials-database-from-the-center-for-american-women-and-politics-cawp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
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Internet affordability
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/internet-affordability/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 Where is the internet inaffordable? Get the data from the latest annual report of the Affordable Internet Alliance .
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Presidential inaugurations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/presidential-inaugurations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 US senate has a list of dates off all ceremonies. Many examples have links to digitised images of official photographs or paintings plus ephemera such as tickets. U.S.
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Social Mobility Barometer, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/social-mobility-barometer-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from the UK Social Mobility Commission is a poll of what the public think about equality and social mobility.
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Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/atlas-of-mortality-and-economic-losses-from-weather-climate-and-water-extremes-1970-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019 ) A rich source of data published recently by the World Meteorological...
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Integrated Refugee and Forcibly Displaced Livelihoods Information System
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/24/integrated-refugee-and-forcibly-displaced-livelihoods-information-system/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2022 The UNHCR Livelihoods Information System monitors the impact of UNHCR’s livelihoods programmes.