Contemporary History of Whitehall 1979-2010

中央公务员制度（白厅）正在经历重大变革。这一变革成功的关键在于它能在多大程度上从自己的历史中吸取教训。该项目是政府研究所、伦敦国王学院和澳大利亚人权委员会之间为期三年的合作项目，将确保白厅过去30年的历史被收集、理解并提供给那些从中受益的人。这是一种创新的研究和参与方法：历史研究将直接用于与现任高级官员和政治决策者的接触;将通过在国王学院和政府研究所举办的活动和讲习班，在政府和学术界之间建立联系;这项工作将充分利用政府研究所的地理位置和访问机会以及国王学院的专业知识和学术质量。该项目将由政府研究所研究员和伦敦国王学院访问研究员凯瑟琳·哈登博士领导的一个小组进行。伦敦国王学院的Ken Young教授将担任首席研究员，国王学院的一名早期职业博士后研究员将借调到研究所。该项目将试图传达白厅如何看待，感觉和行动（或被采取行动）在1979年至2010年期间，从内部和接近它的人的角度来看。研究将包括档案分析，出版和灰色文献，以及在线资源。它将利用大规模的访谈方案、证人研讨会和公共活动。该项目将追踪白厅作为一个整体和不同部门的人，结构和文化。它将探讨和分析当时人们可能无法看到的东西：白厅的成功和失败;行为和文化的长期趋势;人口结构如何变化;政府和社会的外部变化;以及关于白厅在政府中的作用及其与民主选举的政治主人的关系可以得出什么结论。该项目将使用各种不同的方法来传达其学习成果，既通过文章、会议文件和研讨会向学术界受众传达，也通过讲习班和简报文件向从业人员受众传达。证人研讨会将意味着有价值的讨论也是未来研究人员的资源。公共活动将力求更广泛地汲取历史对机构记忆和公共政策作用的经验教训。这些输出将共同传达整个主题。该项目有可能改善白厅内的机构记忆，使人文视角承担围绕英国公务员制度不断变化的形状目前的辩论。它将为对这一领域感兴趣的学术研究人员和从业人员提供参与机会，补充澳大利亚人权委员会关于人文和公共政策的研讨会、案例研究、研究金和出版物方案。自2008年以来，政府研究所作为一个独立的慈善机构，一直与高级公务员和政治家密切合作，开展研究并提供发展机会，以提高政府效力。这个项目，与国王学院伦敦，将提供一个独特的机会，采取学术了解白厅的历史，并利用这些知识在目前的努力，以帮助使白厅更有效。

The central Civil Service (Whitehall) is undergoing major change. Crucial to the success of that change is how well it can learn from its own history. This project, a three year partnership between the Institute for Government, King's College London, and the AHRC, will ensure the history of Whitehall's last 30 years is collected, understood and made available to those who would benefit from it. This is an innovative approach to undertaking research and engagement: The historical research will be used directly in engaging with current senior officials and political decision-makers; Links will be built between government and academia through events and workshops at both King's and the Institute for Government; The work will take full advantage of the Institute for Government's location and access and King's expertise and academic quality. The project would be undertaken by a team led by Dr Catherine Haddon, Fellow at the Institute for Government and Visiting Fellow at King's College London. Professor Ken Young of King's College London will act as Principal Investigator and an early career Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) from King's will be seconded to the Institute. The project will seek to convey how Whitehall looked, felt and acted (or was acted upon) during the 1979-2010 period, from the perspectives of those within it and close to it. The research will comprise archival analysis, published and grey literature, and online resources. It will draw on a large-scale interview programme, witness seminars and public events. The project will trace the people, structures and cultures of Whitehall as a whole and of different departments. It will explore and analyse what those at the time may not have been able to see: Whitehall's successes and failures; the longer-term trends in behaviour and culture; how demographics altered; external changes in government and society; and what conclusions can be drawn about its Whitehall's role in government and relationship to its democratically elected political masters. The project will use a variety of different methods to convey its learning, both to academic audiences through articles, conference papers and seminars and to practioners audiences in workshops and briefings papers. Witness seminars will mean valuable discussion is also a resource for future researchers. Public events will seek to draw out broader lessons of the role of history for institutional memory and on public policy more widely. Together these outputs will convey the topic as a whole. The project has the potential to improve institutional memory within Whitehall, bringing a humanities perspective to bear on current debates around the changing shape of the UK Civil Service. It will provide engagement opportunities for academic researchers and practitioners with an interest in this area, complementing AHRC's programme of seminars, case studies, fellowships and publications on the humanities and public policy. Since 2008 the Institute for Government, an independent charity, has been working closely with senior civil servants and politicians, undertaking research and providing development opportunities to increase government effectiveness. This project, in conjunction with King's College London, will provide a unique opportunity to take an academic understanding the history of Whitehall and use that knowledge in current efforts to help make Whitehall more effective.