Case Studies

These case studies provide examples of best practice by historians and policy makers and showcase a wide range of H&P activities and impacts. They illustrate the many different ways that historians have succeeded in influencing public policy and offer insights into why civil servants in government departments, members of parliament, public inquiries, journalists and TV producers, think-tanks, campaigning groups and other non-governmental organisations all welcome input from historians and want to learn from what happened in the past.

Researched and written by Dr Christopher Knowles, Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, the case studies followed a review of H&P’s events for civil servants and other policy makers. More case studies will be published in the coming months.