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Trade Policy Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/trade-policy-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 The Trade Policy Hub offers free access to papers and research on core trade and investment policy issues, including public procurement, intellectual property rights, trade and...
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Trade in non-plastic substitutes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/07/trade-in-non-plastic-substitutes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2025 This website tracking international trade in non-plastic substitutes is now available on UN Trade and Development’s Datahub online.
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LGBTi Inclusion Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/lgbti-inclusion-index-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 The LGBTI Inclusion Index 2024 report Created by UNDP to serve as a global benchmark and guide for countries to assess their progress towards achieving full inclusion of lesbian, gay,...
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Literature reviews in Developmental Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/literature-reviews-in-developmental-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 VoxDevLits New quick literature reviews from VOXDEv that aim to summarise the evidence base on narrowly defined topics related to development economics.
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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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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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AI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/ai/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 AI resource center A new website created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology & called the Trustworthy & Responsible Artificial Intelligence Resource Center will...
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University of Leicester outlines next steps in Strategic Review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/university-leicester-next-steps-strategic-review
The University of Leicester has launched a formal consultation on proposals aimed at strengthening its financial sustainability and future success.
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Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera
Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the first Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations.
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US Elections 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/us-elections-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Political Bots: are they manipulating the USA Presidential elections? An interesting project on digital politics and algorithms which is considering how the use of automated...