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Science & Research · Updated Aug 2026

Historians

Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
75/100
Very high

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
60/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence84/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.High
75
Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.High
74
Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.Medium
74
Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as via storage media or the Internet.Medium
73
Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.Medium
75
Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.Medium
76
Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.Medium
74
Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.Medium
74
Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.Medium
75
Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.Medium
74
Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.Medium
74
Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.Medium
76
Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.Medium
74
Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.Medium
75
Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.Medium
75
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.76
  2. Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.76
  3. Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.75
  4. Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.01
  2. Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.02
  3. Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.03
  4. Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as via storage media or the Internet.04
  5. Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency72
Physical dependency30
Adoption pressure50
Labour-market resilience56
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence84/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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