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• Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/bloomberg-economy-forecasts-for-bloomberg/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports.

• Social science video sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events .  Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .

• Human Capital Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/human-capital-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Human capital Index. World Economic Forum launch the 2013 Human capital index. It aims to measure how well 122 countries value and achieve the full economic potential of their workers.

• Internet Censorship

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/internet-censorship/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s  Citizen Lab  and author of  Blocked on Weibo , discusses his work...

• Africa Open Data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/africa-open-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Africa open data Useful initiative of the Open Africa Platform which is part of the Ujuzi Initiative and created and funded by the Africa Media Initiative (AMI), the World Bank...

• Civil partnership data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/civil-partnership-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Latest civil partnership data released by Office for National Statistics. Includes unions and dissolutions. Also includes some articles on impact from 2005-2010.

• Women’s rights in the Arab world

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/womens-rights-in-the-arab-world/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 Women’s rights in the Arab world. Thomson Reuters Foundation has published its third annual poll of gender experts, focusing on women’s rights in Arab League states.

• International day to eliminate violence against women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/international-day-to-eliminate-violence-against-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 International day to eliminate violence against women was on 25th November. The official UN website has broadcasts messages as well as links to United Nations resolutions and reports.

• Big data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/big-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow  from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14.

• International Political Science Association conference papers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/international-political-science-association-conference-papers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 International Political Science Association conference papers.