Social sites of the week 4th April 2021
Here is the latest up date of new and interesting sites for social scientists
In the news this week
Covid
Check the blog for latest links to Uk government papers
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/03/government-reports-covid-march-2021.html
Latest social science research papers on the social impact
The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19
Just launched a searchable international database of systematic reviews of research about the social impacts of COVID-19. which is being updated monthly by
The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) a UK academic collaboration which aims assess evidence from around the world to inform UK policymakers.
The scope of the Living Map will be social sciences research evidence on COVID-19, including (but not limited to) IPPO’s priority topic areas: mental health, education, housing, care, Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, vulnerable communities, and online life. Main content is at present on mental health
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and reaction
The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
Reaction NHS Providers - we disagree with the report
see more on the blog
https://alissresearch.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-report-of-commission-on-race-and.html
Greenham Common Digital
A Great new website which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the start of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, a vital part of anti-nuclear British History by providing a 3d recreation of the area including a map, oral history accounts and images
Global Gender Pay Gap report- closing the gender pay gap will take 135 years
Shocking statistics from the latest Economic Forum report which benchmarks
benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps in over 100 nations worldwide, focussing on four sectors economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment; health and survival; and political empowerment. This year's report considers the impact of the pandemic on gender power structures
The female Form through time Google Arts and Culture exhibition
Great online resource curated by the Discovery museum which shows how fashion, clothing and culture has dictated the female Silhouette in Western society form Victorian times to the present day includes images with short commentary.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Wildlife illustrations collection
WCS’s Department of Tropical Research (DTR) conducted many expeditions from 1910-1960s producing sketches of wildlife . The public can now access its digital collection of some 2,200 forgotten, historical scientific wildlife illustrations.
They include: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, marine invertebrates, plants, and fungi. The sites where the DTR worked include British Guiana (now Guyana), the Galápagos Islands, the Hudson Canyon, Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Venezuela, and Trinidad.
Gender gaps & inequality illustrated by GIFs
a fun website which was produced as a result of a competition organised by Europeana and is based on historic images form Europe's national libraries. The winners produced animated gifs illustrating gender inequality which are quite innovative and fun to view
Happy Easter
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