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Better Life Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/better-life-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 2014 Better Life Index released by OECD This annual survey of OECD countries seek to answer the question “What do people want from life?” It has been in operation since 2011.
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Vaccinate yourself against fake news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/vaccinate-yourself-against-fake-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 Using a new online game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Dutch media collective DROG .
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How much fake news is there?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/30/how-much-fake-news-is-there/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 30, 2018 A frightening new report from the Oxford Internet institute has a Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation.
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UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/unescos-internet-universality-indicators/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is based on 4 principles.
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Where is the World’s Most Expensive City?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/where-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-city/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 …according to the latest EIU intelligence report? In 2019 it was shared by Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris. The least expensive city is Caracas, Venezuela.
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U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/u-s-womens-and-girls-magazines-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 New from Columbia University, this collection of website snapshots of American womens magazines , At the moment there are 9 covering from 2017 onwards.
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Explosive Violence Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/explosive-violence-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 Explosive Violence Monitor 2019 Latest annual report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – demonstrates that civilians continue to be disproportionately affected by the...
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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.
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Window into China
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/window-into-china/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy.
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Opendata for Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/opendata-for-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Great free open data portal just launched by the African Development Bank. Covers over 50 nations providing recent data.