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Audit of Political Engagement in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/audit-of-political-engagement-in-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 2014 Audit of Political Engagement released by the Hansard Society This annual report considers knowledge, understanding, engagement and participation in politics by the British public.
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Women work for nothing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/women-work-for-nothing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to the latest briefing from the Fawcett Society , the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year.
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New website on Disaster Displacement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/new-website-on-disaster-displacement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change.
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Who Governs Europe?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/who-governs-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A database from the University of Nottingham which offers insight into the political history of Europe and the government of 48 nations from (1848-2015).
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Primero: New Humanitarian open source software
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/primero-new-humanitarian-open-source-software/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 A potentially life–saving service which aims to provide free access to software and tracking devices for case workers protecting women and children in disaster or conflict zones.
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Violence against older people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/violence-against-older-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 15th June has been designated by the United Nations as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to increase knowledge and work to eliminate abuse and violence against older people worldwide.
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United States Census Bureau Repository launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/united-states-census-bureau-repository-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 The United States Census Bureau Data Repository is hosted by ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research).
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Women in Trousers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/women-in-trousers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 A visual archive which draws upon resources taken from the Database of Mid-Victorian Illustration and The Illustration Archive.
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Fake news spreads faster than true
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cross-checked the spread of 126,000 stories on Twitter against a database of stories fact-checked by six...
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Sharp Power Research Portal…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/12/10/sharp-power-research-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2021 …has been created by the International Forum for Democratic Studies.