Policymakers today need to balance military responsibilities in Europe as well as pursing an ‘East of Suez’ policy on a modest budget. Edward Longinotti argues that due to the cap on defence spending...
The age of sexual consent - 16 years - has remained since 1885 despite concerns today regarding child sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy. Dr Victoria Bates warns against drawing direct comparisons with this...
The gradual spread of representative democracy for men and women in Arabian and Gulf countries is not unusual or characteristic only of Muslim societies, according to Jad Adams who compares and contrasts...
Fred Sanger won two Nobel Prizes. Dr Lara Marks argues that the freedom to think and time to experiment were vital to his groundbreaking discoveries. In today's hypercharged academic worlds, such...
H&P is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Communications and Public Affairs Manager for two days a week from October 2015 to February 2016.
The Brian Lenihan Memorial Lecture will be held at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge on 29 September 2015 at 5 p.m. The speaker is: Prof. Colm McCarty, who advised the Irish government through the...
Historians, trade unionists and politicians explore the legacy of the 'Oxford School' of industrial relations, 50 years after the 1965 Donovan Commission.
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H&P; works with historians on the policy engagement elements of funded research projects. We broker exchanges with policy makers and shapers in order to make research accessible and to maximise its impact. Currently, H&P; is involved in three projects on a costed basis.
With their apparent innocence and potential as future citizens, children have often been used by adults to represent a particular notion of the future. Led by Dr Laura King (Leeds), Dr Vicky Crewe (Cardiff), and Dr Lindsey Dodd (Huddersfield), this AHRC-funded project explores how, why and with what effects children have been ideologically used in British and French history, from the late 19th century to the post-war era. With Save the Children and War Child, the project will also consider how past insights can influence present practice.
This AHRC-funded research network examines conceptions of Europe, Empire, Commonwealth and China in Britain’s economic future since 1900 - a tumultuous period characterised by debates about free trade v. protectionism, the decline of the imperial economy and rise of the European Union. Led by Dr David Thackeray, Professor Andrew Thompson and Professor Richard Toye (all Exeter), the network connects historical and contemporary ways of thinking about Britain’s future global economic orientation. The implications for Britain’s trade and investment in the Commonwealth today will be explored with policy makers.
Given current concerns about the extent of sexual abuse in the past, how might historians contribute to our understanding of what went wrong and prevent future mistakes? This ESRC-funded project, undertaken by a team of researchers - Lucy Delap (Cambridge), Dr Louise Jackson and Dr Louise Settle (Edinburgh) and Dr Adrian Bingham (Sheffield) aims to inform and contextualise present-day debates in Britain by examining key moments over the last 100 years when abuse reached public awareness through media, criminal justice or policy.
H&P; is a unique collaboration between the Institute of Contemporary British History at King's College London and the University of Cambridge.
We are the only project in the UK providing access to an international network of more than 500 historians with a broad range of expertise. H&P; offers a range of resources for historians, policy makers and journalists.
