Where is the world’s happiest country?
Find out in the 2016 update to the World Happiness report. It ranks 156 nations according to a number of detailed criteria which are explained in the methodology. The report also considers how subjective well being can be measured by researchers, issues relating to happiness and public policy and sustainable development. It also considers how […]
Migrant Files
An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations. It aims to offer data-driven stories about the migrant crisis in Europe to separate facts from hysteria. It offers facts on deaths, numbers, costs. Here are some other sites which aim to provide factual information and monitoring of the refugee […]
Is Britain Fairer?
A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016. It maps the nature and extent of equality and human rights today, finding a number of groups such as the disabled continue to suffer discrimination and disadvantage. The site gives access to […]
How one woman’s app is changing political communication
Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article. See Democracy OS her app and TED lecture which explain how it helps users understand complex legislation in Argentina.
The Web Index
… “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.org/
Gender statistics database
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons between European and other nations. It includes indicators on men and women in many fields ranging from health to education, work and earnings, social attitudes and gender-based violence. […]
Rosa Parks digital collection
Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a white passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950s. It includes thousands of photographs, letters and manuscripts. See this key account of her […]
‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that are publicly funded. It finds that although improvements have occurred since 2013, women only hold 28% of Chancellor roles. Men are 78% of all Vice-Chancellors or […]
EU referendum where do Eurosceptics live?
YouGov this week revealed the 10 most Eurosceptic and EU friendly parts of the UK. Havering is most likely to vote out- along with Blackpool and Southend! For more in-depth academic analysis of who supports and opposes EU membership see this recent article by John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow at NatCen and Professor of Politics […]
USA Primaries – Useful resources
What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart. Apparently many Americans are also unclear! As a result, a crowdsourcing project to share information has been launched by the Annenberg Center on Communication, Leadership & Policy at the University of South California; Project on Presidential Primaries: […]
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