Andrew Dunn
Subscribe to Andrew Dunn's postsAswat
https://www.aswat.com/en/about A website which aims to offer a place for activists and reformers from the Middle East and Africa to post news and exchange viewpoints. It has a resource library of free ‘how to’ guides and training courses for activists. More interesting for researchers are the blogs which contain citizen journalism comment. Bloggers include individuals […]
Peace Women
http://www.peacewomen.org/ A project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) which seeks to promote peace and disarmament. Its website is a rich source of information about women, war and peacekeeping. Most useful is the resources portal section http://www.peacewomen.org/portal_resources.php which links to a wealth of full text documents online these includes publications and news […]
Using Twitter in university research
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – A guide for academics and researchers: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/pdf/Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf Published this week by the LSE Public Policy Group Topics covered include: getting started, writing styles and possible usage by academic departments.
Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/03/guardian-new-business-blogs Economics blog – with Larry Elliott • Nils Pratley on finance • Business blog – with Jill Treanor Each contains data, stories and analysis.
WORLDbytes
http://www.worldbytes.org/ An online Citizen TV channel set up and run by the education charity WORLDwrite which seeks to encourage citizen journalism allowing local grassroots groups/ activists to post videos online, many examples of which can be viewed on the website. View a full list , for instance see this film on peoples comments on responses […]
World Bank eAtlas of Gender
http://www.app.collinsindicate.com/worldbankatlas-gender/en Electronic interactive atlas which provides free access to facts and figures from the latest World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. Map and export more than 80 indicators relating to gender and development studies. Topics include women and the economy, politics, health, education and society.
EU Screen
http://www.euscreen.eu/beta/index.html This beta test site aims to offer a single point of access to over 30,000 items of programme content and complementary contextual information. It is funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus programme project. The consortium is made up of 28 partners and 9 associate partners from 20 European countries. UK partners include the […]
What does class mean today?
http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2945 An innovative project involving collaboration between BBC Current Affairs, BBC Lab UK and prominent sociologists which is conducting research into the modern nature of class in Britain. View the online survey https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/class/ which considers issues relating to economic capital, social capital and cultural capital. Final results will be released later via the ESDS website.
Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.com/ – (see the online crowd sourced maps of crime) & Borderland Beat – http://www.borderlandbeat.com/ – reporting on the Mexico drug cartel war
Thesis whisperer
http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses. It is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia but contains materials relevant to students all around the world. Topics covered include writing, relations with supervisors and creativity.
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