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• The Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/the-diversifying-and-decolonising-economics-d-econ-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 An online resource showcasing research of scholars from under-represented backgrounds taking non-mainstream approaches to economics.

• Booker Prize winner 2024

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/14/booker-prize-winner-2024/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 14, 2024 Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.

• Women’s History Advent Calendar

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/29/womens-history-advent-calendar/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2024 Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.

• IMF revamps data portal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/imf-revamps-data-portal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The IMF’s new data portal provides streamlined access to international financial data it is easy to explore and has updated API capabilities.

• About

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/about/

  This is the blog of the Social Sciences Librarians at the University of Leicester.  Your librarians are Andrew Dunn (Learning and Teaching) and William Farrell (Research).  We hope to provide you with interesting and useful information on this blog.

• People of 1381

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/people-of-1381/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 An academic source (led by Professor Adrian Bell from Henley Business School at the University of Reading) providing commentary on the Peasants’ Revolt.

• Womens history month map

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/26/womens-history-month-map/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2024 There are new entries on the Women’s history month map for Bolivia, India and USA. https://padlet.

• Who is influencing British politicians?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/who-is-influencing-british-politicians/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Take the Unlock Democracy quiz to see if you know.

• Hub for African Thought

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/18/hub-for-african-thought/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2024 Created at the London School of Economics, the hub aims to showcase African academic authors, offering profiles, reading lists and reviews.

• Benjamin Zephaniah

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/07/benjamin-zephaniah/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2023 Sadly, Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away at the age of 65. We have many of his books in the library collection.