Andrew Dunn
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A great project led by scholars at Leeds Beckett University with the support of English Heritage which is working to produce an interactive map relating to places in England which have been important to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. These include landscapes and buildings as well as ‘secret histories’. As well as […]
What questions will be in the next census?
Recently the Office for National Statistics undertook a consultation on future topics and questions that users of the England and Wales census wanted or felt should be included. See the results and future research plans: all materials can be downloaded from the ONS website These include the documents submitted by the users which explain how […]
World Cities report 2016 launched
From UN Habitat this year’s annual report focuses on the theme of urbanization and development: emerging futures. It considers problems urban areas are facing relating issues such as inequality, climate change, insecurity. View a slideshow of the worldwide growth of cities from 1990-2015.
World Humanitarian Summit
This week the World’s First international humanitarian conference opened. But can a United Nations Summit fix a system being stretched beyond capacity? Listen to this podcast from UN Despatch to see what Shannon Scribner Oxfam America’s Humanitarian Policy Manager thinks. Then browse the further links on our special blog postings. The second of which spotlight […]
Recipe
As the BBC launch the demise of their online recipe website admin public outcry discover how the Web Archive is conserving the site forever. And explore these fabulous historic cookbook collections: The British library has a learning site with excerpts from cookbooks from the middle ages to 1900 The Women’s Library@LSE digital library has some […]
Flood data portal
New from UNOSAT download satellite-derived flood data in GIS vector format from the United Nations. It covers the period 2007 onwards and was developed to aid humanitarian aid agencies and can be downloaded into into online maps, ArcGIS and other GIS systems, such as Google Earth, UNOSAT also has a broader GIS and map online […]
Refugee use of mobile phones
The Open University has released a research report on how refugees use smartphones. It was led by Prof. Marie Gillespie and was carried out in partnership with France Medias Monde. It investigates the physical and digital journeys of Syrian and Iraqi refugees documenting the digital media services used for news so the EU can develop […]
Many access news on smartphones
According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S. mobile population (144 million users) now access news using a smartphone. Also released this week a Pew report on engagement and reading of news by American […]
Inclusive Growth Monitor
New from the Joseph Rowntree Trust a tool for examining and measuring the relationship between poverty and growth. It contains data on all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships for 18 indicators showing if economic growth leads to a decrease in poverty and social disadvantage. Interestingly one finding is that in many cases increased prosperity does not necessarily lead […]
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2016
IDAHOT 2016 was celebrated on May 17th. Find out why this day was chosen and why it continues to be needed with this blog posting from the LSE. Create your own Facebook avator (Using the Youth Voices Count website) to show your support – every day.
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