[phd.students.socioeco] "What is the value of history in policymaking?"

[Ann Hartell]

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"The Institute for Government has today (Friday 23 January) 
published'What is the value of history in policymaking?' report in 
collaboration with the AHRC, which outlines ways in which historical 
perspectives and inter-cultural understanding can support and benefit 
policymaking in the UK.

The report has come out of four round table discussions relating to 
‘Making History Work’, organised by the AHRC’s Care for the Future: 
Thinking Forward Through the Past and Translating Cultures research 
themes as well as the Institute for Government.

In recent years, the use of evidence such as statistics, social studies, 
modelling or economics in policy making has become of increasing 
importance. The 2010 Coalition Government created ‘What Works’ evidence 
centres, an initiative to open up the policy process to new ways of 
thinking and doing policy. Within the field of government policy, there 
are several officials and ministers who come from an arts and humanities 
background. However the use of historical research is not as systematic 
as that of other types of evidence. An opportunity to widen the frame of 
reference of policy making is being missed."

Link:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News-and-Events/News/Pages/What-is-the-value-of-history-in-policy-making-report-published.aspx

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Doctoral Student
Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development
Department of Socioeconomics
WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
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