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• Is the electoral system broken?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/is-the-electoral-system-broken/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the Electoral Reform Society  the UK electoral system is in crisis as the first-past-the-post system does not reflect votes cast.

• DatNav – How to navigate human rights data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/datnav-how-to-navigate-human-rights-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 Benetech , Amnesty International, and the Engine Room have created this useful guide for human rights workers and organisations on how to use, present and select data for advocacy work.

• SDG Investor Platform

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/sdg-investor-platform/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 On 14 April 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the  UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance  launched the ‘SDG...

• Gender-based violence: Africa

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/gender-based-violence-africa/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 Afrobarometer surveys of Africans on gender-based violence This dispatch reports on a special survey module included in the Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021/2023) questionnaire to explore...

• The Beer Game: supply and demand chains

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/the-beer-game-supply-and-demand-chains/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 The Beer Game was invented in the 1960s by Jay Forrester at MIT. The game was designed to teach about supply and demand chains .

• Media pluralism and democracy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/media-pluralism-and-democracy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Published this week, the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens on Media pluralism and democracy found that 57% of EU citizens believe that the media in their countries...

• Global Risks in the World 2017

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017.   It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.

• World Peace Index 2017 launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/world-peace-index-2017-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 Find out which is the world’s most peaceful country using the latest annual index from Visions of Humanity. It also summaries worldwide and regional trends.

• Who are the top LGBT friendly employers in the UK?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/who-are-the-top-lgbt-friendly-employers-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 University of Leicester has moved up to 44th position.  Find out the others from the annual Stonewall 100 list.

• The Hologic Global Women’s Health Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/08/10/the-hologic-global-womens-health-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2021 Aims to be the first globally comparative study of women’s health. It is based on Gallup world poll data.