Christopher Baker
Trustee
Louise is a social historian and university teacher, with 25 years’ experience of academic leadership, project management and public engagement. She is currently Professor of Modern Social History at the University of Edinburgh, which she joined in 2005.
Louise is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Registered Practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. She is a member of the Steering Committee of Women’s History Scotland, co-editor of the academic journal Social History, and author/co-author of five academic books on modern British and Scottish social history topics. In 2018 she was a winner of the Royal Historical Society’s Public History Prize for Public Policy and Debate. She lives within walking distance of Paxton House and is an enthusiastic supporter of the arts, cultural heritage, and the social and educational mission of the Paxton Trust.
