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Historic photographs: the changing workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/2387/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 As part of a new exhibition, the Bank of England Archive has released some of its historic photographs online.
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3 open-access books about Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/3-open-access-books-about-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 How the World Changed Social Media: Download free from http://bit.ly/24AUbKH Social Media in an English Village: Download free from http://bit.
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How one woman’s app is changing political communication
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/how-one-womans-app-is-changing-political-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article.
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New corporate governance reforms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/new-corporate-governance-reforms/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 This week the UK government introduced a series of measures to regulate corporate governance. The aim of these is to increase trust.
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Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.
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World Economic Forum Transformation Maps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/world-economic-forum-transformation-maps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 First created in 2015 to map and visualize complex changes associated with globalisation, these resources are now freely available to the public. Over 120 issues are covered.
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Measuring rural poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/measuring-rural-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural...
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Poverty and Social Exclusion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/poverty-and-social-exclusion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Latest Report from Poverty and Social Exclusion Project The shocking findings on rising levels of poverty in the UK were presented at a conference in London this week.
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Global billionaires and political power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/global-billionaires-and-political-power/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 Global billionaires political power list New From the Brookings Institution and based on a forthcoming book by Darrell West, this is a ranking of political power exercised by the top...
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UNICEF report shows children hit hard by financial crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/unicef-report-shows-children-hit-hard-by-financial-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Children of the Recession has used official data to rank the impact on children from EU and OECD countries. For UK data see the CPAG website .