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http://www.ipsa.org/publications/gender_monitoring Published by the International Political Studies Association this annual report monitors female representation in political science. The survey was conducted by IPSA from August to November 2011. A total of 38 of the 50 national political science associations (PSAs) responded. It includes statistics on the status and level of women in political science in […]
Relaunched (with expanded content): Associated Press Archive
http://www.aparchive.com/ AP Archive is the film and video archive of the Associated Press The collection includes over 1.3 million global news and entertainment stories beginning in 1895 it also includes some materials from AP partners ABC News, TVAM, British Movietone and the Press Association. The site is fully searchable and there are compilations on themed […]
Urban Gems/Happiness
http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy. It is being undertaken by Cambridge University’s Computing Laboratory. And will ask visitors to the site to compare views and judge which they like best. The data will then be analysed to build up a […]
Web Index
The World Wide Web Foundation has launched the Web Index: http://www.webfoundation.org/2012/09/web-foundation-launches-the-web-index This is a country-by-country global study that measures the impact of the Web on the world’s people and nations. 61 developed nations are covered and a variety of economic social impacts considered, including the the infrastructure and level of accessability. Ultimately the nations are […]
American Presidential Nominations
The American presidency project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/nomination.php has a database of presidential nomination acceptance speeches from 1880 onwards. Recent ones include YouTube videos. President Obama’s September 6th speech is likely to be added there shortly. Mitt Romney’s speech is already up. The official Obama website campaign has videos of remarks from the convention including Michelle Obama’s speech. http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/in-case-you-missed-it-julian-castro-and-michelle-obama Unusual […]
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Data Library
http://www.iatiregistry.org/ The IATI Seeks to make data about Aid spending easier to use and understand. A list of the major organisations involved is on the website. They include well-known international organisations and charities: http://www.aidtransparency.net/ABOUT/WHOS-INVOLVED The IATI Registry contains links to raw data in the IATI XML format. The data itself is not held within the registry, […]
British Future
http://www.britishfuture.org/ British Future is a new independent, non-partisan think tank which is seeking to involve people in an open conversation, which addresses people’s hopes and fears about identity and integration, migration and opportunity. Its website lists events and news aimed at encouraging cohesiveness and has some case histories of individuals discussing what it means to be […]
Disseminating your research
http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/emrsg/units/dissemination/ A useful online tutorial for researchers created by the East Midlands Research Support Group (EMRSG). It was designed to be generic and reusable and is offered for use under a creative commons license. Topics covered are: Journals and journal articles; Other forms of publishing; Author bibliometrics; Journal bibliometrics; Networking –(covers conferences and use of […]
Mapping digital Nigeria
http://www.soros.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-nigeria A 96-page report from the Soros Foundation. This useful country report covers law, internet technology, consumption, impact on journalism and business This is the latest in a series of country reports http://www.soros.org/search?key=mapping%20digital%20media which the foundation has produced. Over 20 other titles covering nations worldwide have also been produced and can be downloaded from the […]
EU Screen…
…launches some great new themed collections. http://www.euscreen.eu/exhibitions.html This EU funded project aims to digitise clips and programmes from major collections in Europe. The most recent exhibitions include: Sportswomen and Swedish TV from the 1950s-1980s; Civil rights in Northern Ireland 1968-69 RTE coverage; Being European(changing conceptions of EU membership/ identity).
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