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• Chinese investment in Latin America

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/chinese-investment-in-latin-america/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 Free access to this detailed database from Inter-American Dialogue’s  China and Latin America program  and Boston University’s  Global Economic Governance Initiative...

• The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/the-glaad-studio-responsibility-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 How good is the representation of LGBTQ characters in major Hollywood films? Find out in  the latest annual report from GLAAD  which maps eight major motion picture...

• Which countries have the most innovative economies?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/04/which-countries-have-the-most-innovative-economies/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2021 Find out in the latest Global Innovation Index Published by WIPO, in partnership with the Portulans Institute and the following corporate partners: The Brazilian National Confederation...

• Is the Internet racist?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/is-the-internet-racist/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 A trending project called worldwhite.ne t is seeking to expose and use crowdsourcing power to correct, examples of ‘inherent racism in Google image searches’.

• Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.

• UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/unesco-world-atlas-of-gender-equality-in-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access,...

• Security: Latin America and Caribbean

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/security-latin-america-and-caribbean/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 iGarapé Citizen Security Database   This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013.

• So that they may have life: a film

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life

  Watch our Centenary celebration video, 'So that they may have life', and learn about Dr Astley Clarke's involvement in the founding of the University

• Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils

  One of the finest examples of such fossils includes a Cretaceous-era octopus of the extinct genus Keuppia unearthed in Lebanon, estimated to be at least 94 million years old. Sarah Gabbott is a Professor of Palaeobiology and co-author of the paper.

•  Ukraine Conflict Monitor/ACLED Conflict Alert System

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/ukraine-conflict-monitor-acled-conflict-alert-system/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023   Ukraine Conflict Monitor  has been expanded and updated by ACLED.