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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.
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What do people think about politics?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/what-do-people-think-about-politics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 With the UK general election coming soon, try the latest annual audit of Democratic engagement from the Hansard Society .
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Can social media predict election results?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.
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North Korea Missile Test Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/north-korea-missile-test-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Recently launched by James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, t his open access resource provides information on every test launch since 1984 allowing long-term monitoring of trends.
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Embedded
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/embedded/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 Embedded! Archaeologists and Anthropologists in Modern Landscapes of Conflict Interesting webcasts from a conference held as part of the Engaged Scholarship Workshops...
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European Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/european-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 L’histoire des élections européennes (1952-2014) If you are interested in the history of the European Parliament, CVCE has compiled a selection of...
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UK Election Polls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/uk-election-polls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 Why were the general election polls wrong? Now the election votes have been counted, commentators are asking why many of the polls were wrong.
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Levels of support for the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/levels-of-support-for-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship.
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17th December 2014 Sol 840
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/17/17th-december-2014-sol-840/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 17, 2014 I am at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco. The big MSL news here is the publication of our discovery of methane in the martian atmosphere.
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March 14th 2013 Sol 215
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/14/march-14th-2013-sol-215/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 14, 2013 The results from our drill hole are showing that the John Kein rocks include mudstone, with about 20% of it composed of a clay called smectite.