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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...
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Silk Roads Project website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/silk-roads-project-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 The International Dunhuang Programme has launched a new website . It features materials and learning guides relating to the history and culture of the East silk roads.
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.
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Subject choice leads to gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/11/subject-choice-leads-to-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2021 Gender differences in subject choice leads to gender pay gap immediately after graduation.
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Our World in Data: Migration Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/our-world-in-data-migration-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers in a new visual dashboard created by Our World in Data using statistics derived from United Nations Department...
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Russian Books of the 18th Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/russian-books-of-the-18th-century/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Open access collection from the University of Illinois Slavic Reference Collection.
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Democracy is in Crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/democracy-is-in-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 According to the latest annual report from Freedom House on the state of civil and political liberties worldwide the situation is worsening.
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Global Competitiveness Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/05/global-competitiveness-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 5, 2014 World Economic Forum: latest global competitiveness report released It assesses the competitiveness landscape of 148 economies.
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Arabic collections online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/arabic-collections-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Free digital library which aims to provide full-text access to Arabic language books from the collections of American University of Beirut, Columbia University, Cornell...
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State of the World 2014/15: Amnesty International
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/state-of-the-world-201415-amnesty-international/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Amnesty International’s annual review of human rights includes overview essays and country surveys covering freedom, rights, discrimination and abuses.