Review by: Sérgio de Andrade Gomes, A., & Dias, J. G. (2025). Digital Divide in the European Union: A Typology of EU Citizens. Social Indicators Research, 176, pp. 149–172. A new study conducted by Ana Gomes (Portuguese Air Force Academy) and José G. Dias (BRU, ISCTE-IUL) reveals that despite the increased access to the…
Review by: Diana Deodato Pike, A., Béal, V., Cauchi-Duval, N., Franklin, R., Kinossian, N., Lang, T., … Velthuis, S. (2023). ‘Left behind places’: a geographical etymology. Regional Studies, 58(6), 1167–1179. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2167972. What is the relationship between identification with populist parties and living in a geographic area marked by social inequality? The following review seeks…
Review by Diana Deodato UNDP (2023). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Unstacking global poverty – Data for high impact action. New York, United Nations Development Programme. “Colleting good data is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty” said the president of World Bank Jim Yong Kim, a phrase that was used…
Review by Sara Franco da Silva Carmo, Renato Miguel do e Maria Madalena d’Avelar (2020), A Miséria do Tempo: Vidas Suspensas pelo Desemprego, Lisboa, Tinta da China. In contemporary societies, labour market exclusion is one of the factors intensifying disadvantages, inequalities, and weakening conditions for social participation and recognition. The referenced study informs…
Review by Inês Tavares Chancel, Lucas; Thomas Piketty; Emmanuel Saez; Gabriel Zucman; et al. (2022), World Inequality Report 2022, World Inequality Lab. The World Inequality Report 2022, published by the World Inequality Lab and coordinated by Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman, is a report on global inequalities that incorporates…
Review by Maria Francisca Botelho ILO and UNICEF (2023); More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children. Second ILO–UNICEF Joint Report on Social Protection for Children. Geneva and New York. The new joint report between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Review by Maria Francisca Botelho CONCEIÇÃO, Pedro (2022), Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World, United Nations Development Programme Report 2021/2022, New York, USA The new Human Development Report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) focuses on various realities that have been causing a significant setback in…
Review by Adriana Albuquerque OECD (2023). PISA 2022 Results (Volume I) – The State of Learning and Equity in Education. Paris, OECD Publishing. OECD (2023). PISA 2022 Results (Volume II) – Learning During – and From – Disruption. Paris, OECD Publishing. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triannual survey to…