- Position: Team Leader, Overseas and Defence
- Specialism: Creative and participatory research methods, Global history
- elizabeth.haines@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Elizabeth Haines is a historian with an interest in exploring the history of global processes through co-produced, creative research. Her PhD was a collaborative doctoral award in Historical Geography from Royal Holloway, University of London and the Science Museum, exploring the role of mapping in colonial governance practices in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia].
Before joining the National Archives, Elizabeth was a Lecturer in Global History and Decolonisation, and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in History at the University of Bristol. Her previous research projects have included collaborations with artists, filmmakers, community groups, museums, and scientists, in the UK, Europe, North America and Africa. She has previously been Chair of the Outreach and Engagement Committee for the British Society for the History of Science, and is currently Programme Secretary for SCOLMA, the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa.