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LGBT in the military
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/28/lgbt-in-the-military/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2014 LGBT Military Index The first ever global ranking of countries by inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) service members in the armed forces has just been...
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Income and Equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/21/income-and-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2014 The Work Foundation Launch Low Pay Project The site offers online recent papers and low pay data. Also on this topic, The Office for National Statistics has long-term wage data.
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Compare the NHS with other health services
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/compare-the-nhs-with-other-health-services/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Economist Intelligence Unit has just published a report which compares the NHS with healthcare services in 30 other OECD nations.
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ORBIS
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/orbis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The European Political Strategy Centre has launched ORBIS – the Open Repository Base on International Strategic Studies.
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2016 Global Food Security Index findings report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/2016-global-food-security-index-findings-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 This is the fifth edition of an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study, commissioned by DuPont, w hich covers issues of affordability, availability and quality of food across 113...
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IMF gender equality data tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/imf-gender-equality-data-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 IMF has conducted the first-ever global review of policymakers’ use of tax and spending policies to promote gender equality and has released an online database toolkit of gender...
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Are today’s twenty something’s better off than in the past?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/are-todays-twenty-somethings-better-off-than-in-the-past/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 Not according to this report from the Intergenerational Foundation Think tank It compared economic wellbeing, relationships, health, personal environment and a sense of belonging from...
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1.1 million abusive tweets sent to women in 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/1-1-million-abusive-tweets-sent-to-women-in-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 …according to large-scale research undertaken by Amnesty International and Element AI , a global artificial intelligence software product company.
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Facebook Ads Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/facebook-ads-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 Who pays for adverts on Facebook? This free resource will have data for 7 years of all political and other advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
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World University rankings: what is their worth?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/world-university-rankings-what-is-their-worth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 Interesting findings from an ARMA committee investigating some of the most well known and influential rankings of universities: ARWU , THE WR , QS, ...