Dr Hugh Pemberton is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Bristol and is an expert on the history of contemporary Britain. He currently has two main research interests: the historical roots of Britain's pensions crisis; and the history of Britain in the 1970s.

Research 

I have a particular interest in the means by which radical policy change occurs, in why such change sometimes turns out to be temporary despite intentions to the contrary, and in why change (even though sometimes apparently superficial) may turn out have enduring consequences.

I am currently working on two parallel projects:
1) The development of British pensions since the 1942 Beveridge Report, looking at the way in which the current pensions crisis has been (and responses to that crisis are being) shaped by decisions taken in the past. 
2) The 1970s in postwar British history.

For more details about my research interests, please click here.

Publications

You can view selected publications, and recent conference and other working papers. Or you can see my full list of publications on the University of Bristol's 'IRIS' database.

Teaching

You can view details of the units that I teach and other materials such as skills tips, and a guide to research resources for the study of contemporary British History.

Dr Hugh Pemberton

Senior Lecturer in Modern British History
University of Bristol
School of Humanities
Department of Historical Studies
13-15 Woodland Rd
Bristol. BS8 1TB
United Kingdom.

Telephone: +44 (0) 117 92 87621
Fax: +44 (0) 117 928 8276
Email: h.pemberton@bristol.ac.uk  
Web: www.hughpemberton.org.uk

Media enquiries via the University Press Office please.

Map showing where to find the Department of Historical Studies. Please note that entry is via 3-5 Woodland Rd as shown on the map. My office is G76, at the back of no. 15 Woodland Rd.

Britain's Pensions Crisis: History and Policy

Edited by
Hugh Pemberton,
Pat Thane &
Noel Whiteside 

Policy Learning and British Governance in the 1960s

Hugh Pemberton

Reassessing 1970s Britain

Edited by
Lawrence Black,
Hugh Pemberton &
Pat Thane
(Forthcoming, MUP)

Many thanks for taking the time to look at these pages.