User:Ruthieroo/History & Policy

History & Policy is an academic UK think-tank based at the Centre for Contemporary British History, in the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

History & Policy’s stated aim is to ‘increase the use of historical research and the involvement of professional historians in contemporary policy making’.

Its function is to link historians with policymakers and journalists. It is not affiliated to any political party, and does not campaign for specific policy outcomes.

History & Policy in the media
In his article for Guardian Public, David Walker said; ‘awareness of what went before is of considerable worth, and there’s a growing sense that policy makers and public managers make decisions in ignorance of previous experience with the same subject matter. History and Policy is a grouping of professional historians coordinated from the Centre for Contemporary British History in the University of London, determined to remind the present that the administrative and policy past matters.’

History & Policy papers often recieve press coverage, including Jo Reville's Observer article on binge-drinking and moral panics, Polly Toynbee's Guardian article on youth justice , and Pat Thanes' article on pensions mistakes in the Financial Times

History & Policy collaborates with BBC History (magazine) to produce a monthly article, Behind the News, in which a historian from the H&P network is interviewed by Chris Bowlby on the history behind a current news story.