Principal Investigator

Samuel Alberti

Sam is Director of Collections at National Museums Scotland, and an Honorary Professor in Heritage Studies at the University of Stirling. For twenty years he has worked at the intersection of museums and universities. He has published two monographs and three edited collections. His recent practice has focussed on the role of museums in the climate emergency and Cold War museology.

Co-Investigator

Holger Nehring

Holger is Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Stirling and Co-Investigator (with Dr Sam Alberti) of the research project Materialising the Cold War (Project Reference: AH/V001078/1). He has written widely on the transnational history of social movements, especially peace movements, during the Cold War and has now begun work on a project on the environmental history of Cold War military infrastructure in central northern Europe. He is the Co-Director of the Centre for  Policy, Conflict and Co-Operation Research and a member of the Centre for Environment, Heritage and Policy, both at the University of Stirling. He has held visiting positions at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, EHESS (Paris), the Ohio State University, University of Michigan and Stanford University.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Jessica Douthwaite

Jessica’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD based at IWM, London and University of Strathclyde was titled Voices of the Cold War in Britain, 1945-1962 and awarded in 2018. She is currently writing a monograph which explores how the national and international landscapes of post-war Britain contextualised and influenced civilian experiences of Cold War security. She specialises in oral history methodology, gender studies and Cold War international relations.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Jim Gledhill

Jim was previously curator of social history at the Museum of London and York Castle Museum and most recently curator of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum at Edinburgh Castle. He specialises in contemporary British social and military history, international politics and heritage studies.  

Theme by the University of Stirling