Social Science sites of the week Archive

Here is  the  latest update  of   social   science   sites   of   the   week         Still adding covid updates to  the  blog   http:// social sciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/         This  week  more on higher education and  social  mobility.    IFS has produced a wide  ranging report covering  which universities     facilitate  the  greatest  social  mobility.  Outcomes are examined by different provider and subject area.     Using  the  longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) dataset it derives a mobility rate from  the  number  of  students who were eligible for free school meals on access and outcomes (mainly in terms  of  earnings) Findings included: many Russell Group universities were very selective and admitted fewer free school meals children b...

Here is the latest update of new sites for social scientists     Kaiser family Foundation Covid Misinformation monitor. Latest results  Covers    American population  results include responses by political affiliation as well as other indicators including age, gender and ethnicity.  eight in ten adults said they have heard at least one of eight different pieces of misinformation and either believe them to be true or are not sure whether they are true or false. Most commonly, six in ten adults have heard that the government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 deaths by counting deaths due to other factors as coronavirus deaths and either believe this to be true (38%) or aren’t sure if it’s true or false (22%).     Technologies of Hope and fear  : 100 Responses to the Pandemic  Project by Tactical tech  which aims to focus on the fact that new data technologies designed to help manage the pandemic also serve to observe, s...

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites of the week In the news this week COP26    Sobering report from Oxfam on Carbon inequality   It states ‘ The world’s richest 1% are set to have per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita level compatible with the 1.5⁰C goal of the Paris Agreement, while the footprints of the poorest half of the world population are set to remain several times below that level”    UN Climate change official conference website   With news and decisions  related background reports issued by UN and other international agencies recently    2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Survey Report The health and climate change country survey is conducted every three years and in addition to tracking global progress, the national data are presented in the health and climate change country profiles. 95 countries participated in the 2021 survey     Emissio...