Hansard Scholars Programme Internship Profile

The Hansard Society was formed to promote democratic ideals over 50 years ago, at a time when they seemed threatened by fascist and communist dictatorship. Some of the first subscribers were Winston Churchill and Clement Richard Attlee, then the prime minister and deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom. Today, the Hansard Society is the largest and most active campaign organization in Europe, aimed to strengthen parliamentary democracy, public engagement and political education through its work with decision-makers, policy experts and the media. The society’s work brings together key stakeholders from the public, private and voluntary sectors in Britain, Europe and the world to tackle fundamental questions about how people are governed and prospects for democratic reform.