Social science sites of the week archive 4th February 2021

 

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites  for social scientists

Still adding Covid reports on the blog

social science responses 

Uk government reports


New Covid dashboard

A new online dashboard, created by NYU Professor Alexej Jerschow,

enables the display of deaths alongside government policies. It has country level and within the USA state level data

The site repackages data from a series of publicly available sources. Country-wide information is downloaded from Our World in Data, which sources its data from the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering dashboard. U.S. state and territory data are obtained from covidtracking.com. The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) provides policy data.

 

The Social Mobility Commission launches its 2020 review

 it includes assessments of the impact on social mobility

HEPI  has also considered how disadvantaged pupils have been greatly impacted by covid and school closures 

Britains top firms failing black leaders- Green Park Business Leaders Index 2021

Shocking initial results from this survey

the number of black leaders at FTSE 100 companies has stalled and then dropped back As a result, only ten of 297 (3.4%) leaders in the Top 3 roles have ethnic minority backgrounds, the same proportion as when Green Park began their FTSE analysis in 2014.

 Museum of Chinese in America 
Great new site Hosted by Google Arts & Culture  which offers 

free access to stunning images of more than 200 artifacts, including newspaper clippings, historical photos, political campaign posters and images of art by Chinese Americans.  they include resources considering the stereotypes used to portray Chinese Americans in US media, films popular culture 

For example see this 1973 handbook which aims to fight these prejudices 

Europeana sporting heritage colouring book

de stress using images from Europes finest national cultural institutions in Europeanas latest colouring book.  Includes some amazing Olympic games posters to fill in!


Visit the Donald J Trump library online!

A quote from the mission stamen - the administrative staff at the Presidential Library will make it their life’s mission to make your visit educational and inspiring.

In fact, for some of the staff who served Trump directly, it’s a condition of their parole

yes a great satire site 

venues include the alt-right auditorium and the covid exhibit, exhibitions include lie to America


 


 

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