Our research and academic collaboration

Learn about the interdisciplinary research taking place at The National Archives.

• Current research projects
• Towards a National Collection
• Past research projects
• Open access research from our staff

Meet our PhD students, learn about the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme, Doctoral Training Partnerships and PAST.

• Collaborative PhDs
• Postgraduate archival skills training (PAST)
• Student placements and fellowships
• Academic student group visits
• Research resources for students

How to contact us, who we are and what we do.

Discover the work and the specialisms of our research-active staff.

See our upcoming events and conferences.

• History and Archives in Practice (HAP2023)
• Art and Archives event series
• ICHORA 2022
• Annual Digital Lecture
• Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC)
• Workshop on the Embodiment of Things
• Digital experimentation workshops

Our research priorities respond to some of the greatest opportunities and challenges we face as an archive, particularly the shift to digital.

• Priority research themes
• Strategies and plans