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Global Governance Monitor Tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/global-governance-monitor-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 Global Governance Monitor Tool from the Council on Foreign Relations. …aims to monitor how the international community is doing in dealing with security threats.
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Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/1633/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 Those interested in elections might like the: Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project (MRG/CMP) Database a quantitative database maintained by...
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Bank of England release secret minutes on the financial crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/bank-of-england-release-secret-minutes-on-the-financial-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 What did the bank know about the impending financial crisis in May and June 2007? Find out from contemporary minutes just released on the Bank of England website.
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Homosexuality – is it still considered a disease?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homosexuality-is-it-still-considered-a-disease/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Controversy continues concerning the WHO stance towards homosexuality.
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Online Labour Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/online-labour-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 A u seful tool which provides free data on jobs advertised online via websites and platforms in different countries and different occupations, quickly enabling researchers to track...
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Irish Adverts Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/irish-adverts-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Free access to this marvellous resource for social historians.
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What is the most important factor in deciding who to vote for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/what-is-the-most-important-factor-in-deciding-who-to-vote-for/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Find out what the British public said in the latest Audit of Political Engagement published by the Hansard Society.
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Primero: New Humanitarian open source software
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/primero-new-humanitarian-open-source-software/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 A potentially life–saving service which aims to provide free access to software and tracking devices for case workers protecting women and children in disaster or conflict zones.
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Documenting Hate
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/documenting-hate/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 A recent new project supported by Propublica, US media and human rights organisations including University of Miami School of Communication, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Human...
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How do the media create and spreads stories?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/how-do-the-media-create-and-spreads-stories/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 An interesting open-source site is M edia Cloud. This is a joint project by the MIT Center for Civic Media and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.