English Heritage Research Strategy 2005 - 2010

Research Strategy
2005-2010 An introduction to English Heritage’s Research Themes and Programmes

Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future: Research Strategy 2005-2010 establishes English Heritage's first five year plan of action for the use of research to support our business, government priorities and the historic environment sector. We intend to review and update this strategy every three years.

Download Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future: Research Strategy 2005-2010 [2.1Mb].

The wide range, depth and types of research we plan to deliver as priorities both now and in the years ahead are set out in English Heritage Research Agenda: An introduction to English Heritage's Research Themes and Programmes.

Download English Heritage Research Agenda: An introduction to English Heritage's Research Themes and Programmes [2.1Mb].

Our Research Strategy provides a context for our proposal to work with partners to assemble a UK-wide research strategy on the historic environment.

View the Proposal for a UK Research Strategy [Available as a Word Doc].

We want your views on the Research Strategy and the proposal to help create a UK-wide strategy for research on the historic environment.

Please send your comments via the Research Strategy Feedback form

English Heritage’s response to comments received following consultation on the Research Strategy can be found here: Discovering the Past Shaping the Future - A summary of responses to the consultation. [53k]

Research Commitments and Research Outputs

In its Research Strategy for 2005-2010: Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future, English Heritage promised to publish information about its research each year . Some of this research is undertaken internally by staff directly employed by EH, other projects are undertaken by external researchers funded through our Historic Environment Commissions programme (HEEP) and through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).

English Heritage’s research projects, whether undertaken internally or commissioned externally, are undertaken according to the themes set out in its Research Agenda which also relate to Making The Past Part Of Our Future, English Heritage’s corporate strategy for 2005-2010

Using the links on this page, you will find information about projects undertaken and research outputs. Contact names for individual projects are given. It is usually possible to email English Heritage staff using firstname.lastname@english-heritage.org.uk, but if you experience difficulty in reaching an individual, please ring 0230 7973 3000 and they will help connect you, or write to English Heritage, 1 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, London EC1N 2ST.

For information about HEEP and ALSF projects, please use the HENV Online system, which provides complete listings of all projects funded through these programmes and can be interrogated on-line. The data for the online reports is updated on a monthly basis.