Social Science sites of the week Archive

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists    still updating the blog  with the latest Covid report  http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/      Social distancing in the time of memes    Great project from Dr Heidi Campbell, funded by the Melbern G.  Glasscock   Center  for Humanities Research based at Texas A&M University which examines how social distancing was presented in memes during the covid 19 pandemic. It has a gallery of images collected. from March 16 to June 15 2020 via a  Facebook  page. Background and methodology of the project is provided on the website as well as an  ebook  of the findings and themes.     National Audit Office – Covid cost tracker  Find out how much has been spent by the British government.  it includes staffing and IT expenses in individual government departments    Asia research news - ...

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists   In the news this week - still following covid on the blog       covid 19 tracking project data log  The COVID Tracking Project  from the Atlantic compiled US state and territorial data from jurisdictional COVID-19 dashboards. 32 categories were included. The website now has API and data logs     July 2020 to March 2021,    Covid-19 impact analyses   U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory interactive indices , analyses, and maps that provide a detailed understanding of the socio-economic effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak. they include:   County Economic Impact Index;   State & Local Government Revenue Vulnerability Indices;   County High-Level Economic Recovery & Resilience Index;   Internet Access Index, Housing Stability Index      Western Wisconsin c...

  Public Medicines for COVID-19  Tracking Public Investment in International COVID-19 Research and Development  Interesting website hosted by  Universities Allied for Essential Medicines  Which is tracking the funding of vaccines find out which companies have received public funding and compare the funding in different countries fo UNCTAD COVID-19 Response Portal United Nations Conference on trade and development has launched a  new portal with data on  the impact of Covid 19 on  manufacturing, trade, foreign direct investment  .  It has 25 indicators. Including vaccine role out, stock market prices, exports, levels of debt, investment and trade     Vaccination Demand Observatory Public Good Projects ),  UNICEF  and  Yale Institute for Global Health  launched the  Vaccination Demand Observatory  in April. It is developing tools, training, technical support and research to equip in-country teams to ...