The World Elite Database project
The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world. These are defined as rich list members, top CEOs, elected politicians and top bureaucrats, interest groups (business organisations, lobbies, unions). The website is developing data from 15 nations, […]
Activism, Influence and Change
A new blog launched by the LSE in association with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. The new research blog aims to build a network for academics and activists interested in changing the world. It will also explore research relating to all aspects of citizen, grassroots or local-led activism. Topics covered include social movement leadership.
International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
https://www.iaea.org/resources/databases/inisThe IAEA’s International Nuclear Information System provides free access to a massive library of nearly five million reports, books, scientific articles, conference papers and other knowledge products covering topics in peaceful use of nuclear science, reactor technology, materials science, medical applications, decommissioning, and all other areas the IAEA is involved in. The database can be […]
2025 Spring Statement resources
UK government background briefing: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10220/Spring Statement Information: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/spring-statement-2025Forecasts for UK economyOffice of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/ AnalysisIFS analysis: https://ifs.org.uk/collections/spring-statement-2025Institute for Government: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-spring-statement NIESR: https://niesr.ac.uk/blog/spring-statement-2025-fiscal-rules-growth-pressures-and-policy-choices More links to newspapers and analyses: https://alissresearch.blogspot.com/2025/03/spring-statement-2025.html
No Other Land
The Oscar winning documentary No Other Land, about life under occupation in the West Bank, airs on Channel 4 at 23.15 on March 4th 2025. UoL members will be able to watch it on Box of Broadcasts shortly after, or you can stream it on All 4 now.
Wiener Digital Collections
The Weiner Holocaust Library in London has expanded its online materials. The website allows readers around the world to access digital copies of many of the Library’s most important collections; these include the Jewish Central Information Office’s reports on the growth of antisemitism in Europe in the 1930s, as well as documents donated to the library […]
China Studies
A new website for China Studies. Recently launched by The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and still under development, the Digital Archives Mapping Project offers a free guide to open databases for China Studies research. They include rare books, photographs and Chinese language resources.
End of Term web archive
The End of Term Web Archive is a project which saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. Currently available are resources from 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 and it is now archiving the end of 2024 term websites.
Brookings Institution regulatory tracker
The regulatory tracker enables researchers to track regulatory changes in the second Trump administration. It is possible to sign up to regular email newsletters. It tracks executive and other orders. Gives updates by department and status. The tracker is discussed in this article.
Women in Diplomacy
A London School of Economics and Political Science project which aims to discuss the under-representation of women worldwide in senior diplomatic positions. Its website has podcasts of conversations with leading women, plus research reports on the topic.
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