Social Science sites of the week Archive

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites of the week British Library launch covid 19 oral history testimony database Now available to download from the British Library website where can find information about oral history projects  undertaken by local record offices across the Uk to preserve the people  memory of lockdown, life and experiences in 2020-21 for future generations. Each entry has a link to the website and contact details. News from the LSE, the LSE archives was recently  lucky enough to use an endowment fund from the Women’s library to purchase a letter which gives an account of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. It contains an account from a witness who visited the hospital after she was hit by a horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby and believed she was regaining consciousness. It can be viewed on a Google Arts and Culture exhibition of her life   . The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question , launched by  the Institu...

  Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists.   Here are some recent United nations publications relating to Covid   Adding fuel to the fire ? Inequality and the spread of COVID-19 (DESA Working Paper No. 178) COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2021 (IOM / MPI) Economic Report on Africa/ERA 2021: Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic (UNECA) The Next Normal: The changing Workplace in Africa – Ten Trends from the COVID-19 Pandemic that are Shaping Workplaces in Africa (ILO) Rethinking risks in times of COVID-19: Understanding and managing cascading and systemic risks: lessons from COVID-19 (UNU-EHS / UNDRR) Trade Therapy: Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses (WTO / World Bank) WHO compilation of innovative concepts to communicate science during the COVID-19 pandemic See more publications on the blog   British Library world newspaper data  ...

  Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites of the week for social scientists.     See the blog for recent updates on covid related uk government and social science research  Octopus- new primary research site https://octopuspublishing.org/  Developed by Jisc with a £650,000 grant from research England. The prototype was launched on. 29th June, the platform gets its name from its approach of splitting the research process into eight separate classes of contribution - research problems, hypotheses, methods and protocols, data and results, analyses, interpretations, implementation and peer review. RE says that the platform should improve access to research. it aims to be open access and to link with orcid ids offering researchers a place to publish open access that complements traditional journal. Browse and search. Beta version now available more functionality and subject content will be added     UK Digital Pove...

   Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites of the week     Government responses to COVID-19: Lessons on gender equality for a world in turmoil UN   Based on an analysis nearly 5,000 measures adopted by 226 countries and territories during the pandemic this UN Women and UNDP report finds that government responses paid insufficient attention to gender though there were examples of innovation which are highlighted.       The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update   World Bank report   This new report from the World Bank uses a definition of   learning poverty, as a   measure of children unable to read and understand a simple passage by age 10. It finds that the pandemic and lockdown have worsened the situation worldwide.       Digitised Greenham Common peace camp archives.   Some of the LSE library’s archive relating to the Greenham Common peace camps have now been digi...