social science sites of the week 4th March 2022

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

key checking the blog for the latest 

uk government publications on Covid 

social science research  selections of key recent publications 

 

 

 Survey findings: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, how is Africa's higher education sector faring? 

Latest research from the Africa portal where you can find more papers and reports from African universities  There is a specialist research library for covid related materials.

 

Paud's Pins – an LGBTQ+ history project 

Great LGBT community archive it comprises over 100 badges.

belonging to former Gay’s the Word  bookshop manager Paud Hegarty which were discovered recently abandoned in an attic.  The physical archive is housed in the bookshop in London.  Learn more about the campaigns & struggles of left-wing and LGBTQ+ activists. See images of the badges and comments and memories about them from site users  from the LGBT community.

 

Women’s Social and Political Union Scrapbook 

Now digitised and free online by Duke University. Sally Bingham Center . The 96 page scrapbook featuring primarily newspaper and magazine clippings that document the leaders, activists, actions and activities of the Women's Social and Political Union between 1908 and 1917. Unknown compiler but thought to be a member as it covers key events such as forced feeding militancy and has personal comments  

 

 

Who makes the news in China? 

6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) China report 

prepared by the Beijing-based NGO Media Monitor for Women Network. 

Has revealed a gender imbalance in news coverage. Women only feature in 25% of articles. Download the full content form the website. See more media related reports on our scoop.it page. 

 

the complete collection of 37 Batak manuscripts in the British Library has now been fully digitised, thanks to a collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg. Batak people come from North Sumatra . They are known for bark books 

The website has some contextual information  

 

 

WMO Barcelona Dust Regional CenterForecasts and warnings of sand and dust storms in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from the  website is operated by a consortium of the Meteorological State Agency of Spain (AEMET) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS),  

 

IAEA Preprint Repositorycoverage of nuclear issues and the latest research and working papers and pre prints from the IAEA.  They  include the latest international safety standards, technical guides, conference proceedings and scientific reports. covering the IAEA’s areas of expertise which include all aspects of nuclear power, safety and security, and nuclear law and radiation medicine  

best wishes

Heather Dawson

h.dawson@lse.ac.uk

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