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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.
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Where is the best place to be a working woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-working-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 To mark International Women’s day the Economist created a ‘glass-ceiling index’ which uses OECD data to rank factors including gender pay gaps and labour force participation.
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jbridges: Page 30
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/30/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Situations of Armed Conflic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/oxford-guidance-on-the-law-relating-to-humanitarian-relief-operations-in-situations-of-armed-conflict/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has just launched this guide compiled by the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and the Oxford Martin...
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Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 New From Oxfam and Development Finance Index, a measure of how committed governments actually are to reducing inequality.
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Access to information aids development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/access-to-information-aids-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 …according to the Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report from the Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School and...
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Where is the best place to be a woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings.
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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Tool for humanitarian workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/tool-for-humanitarian-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) The United Nations launched a free online tool recently which is to help humanitarian aid workers rapidly identify and...
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Where is the best place to be a mother?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-mother/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between M others and infants in urban areas around the world.