Social Science sites of the week Archive

  covid updates     The latest report from the Carnegie Trust on the role of public libraries in the uk in supporting individuals and communities during the lockdown   The Human Capital Index 2020 Update:  Human Capital in the Time of COVID-19 (World Bank)     Impact of COVID-19 on multidimensional child poverty (UNICEF / Save the Children)   Recovery, skills, knowledge and opportunity: A vision for universities a new vision offered by universities Uk which argues that university research could be at the heart of the recovery. the  Open university business barometer 2020  which was launched this week is a survey of uk employers which spotlights their perception f existing skills gaps and shortages    20 th  October was World Statistics day . The ILO raised concerns  about gaps in  terms of collection of data about gender and work If you are looking for accurate reliable data here are our free recmomendations ...

  Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists   still updating the blog including reactions to the three tier model http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/10/responses-to-three-tier-alert.html     Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (UN/DESA)   Go viral  - fascinating example of a  game  developed by the  U niversity of  C ambridge to combast misinformation about the virus The new 5-7 minute game introduces players to the basics of online manipulation in the era of coronavirus. It acts as a simple guide to common technique s. These are summarised as   using emotionally charged language to stoke outrage and fear, deploying fake experts to sow doubt, and mining conspiracies for social media .    T he site also has an article which discusses the impact which  apparently can reduce the possible threat of misinformation for...

  Here is the latest round up   Social   science   sites   of the week  Covid 19  still updating the blog       “ The Evolving Consequences of the Coronavirus ‘Infodemic’ : How Viral False Coronavirus-Related Information Affects People and Societies Across the World. Important briefing from the European Parliamentary information service 14 pages  It considers changing news consumption during the pandemic and the role of state actors such as Russia and china in fake news   For more recent media and internet reports see how  scoop.it page        COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker  A great  new data dashboard from UNDP  . It aims to The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, focussing on those in relation to gender. This. Includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and...