Research is the key to understanding the historic environment: its scope, value and condition, and the threats and opportunities that confront it. Research underpins the sustainable management of the historic environment.  Our research encompasses these prime objectives and contributes towards providing public access to, and appreciation and enjoyment of, the historic environment for this and future generations.  By delivering practical high-quality research results, we will contribute to knowledge and inform and direct policy decisions, advice, guidance and other forms of action and assistance.
 
The English Heritage Research Strategy, Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future has now been published.  This document establishes our first five-year corporate strategy for the use of research to provide the future knowledge base for the historic environment and its sustainable management. 

We intend to review and refresh this strategy every three years and guide its development through horizon scanning activities and foresight plans.  It has been published for public information and consultation providing an opportunity for research funders, research networks and end users of research to comment on the strategy. 

We need your views on the issues discussed in this document. We also want your views on our proposal to help create a UK-wide strategy for research on the historic environment.

Please forward your views in writing to Research Strategy Feedback:
c/o James Stevens
Conservation Department
English Heritage
23 Savile Row
London, W1S 2ET
Telephone: 020 7973 3212, Fax: 020 7973 3249
Email: james.stevens@english-heritage.org.uk

Please download Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future: Research Strategy 2005-2010 via the PDF icon in the right hand column.

If you would like a hard copy version of the strategy please contact James Stevens.