Dr Elin Royles

BSc Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, MSc (Econ) Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, PhD Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth

Elin joined the department in 2003 and is a Reader. Her research and teaching are associated with the areas of: Territorial Politics and Post-devolution UK politics; Sub-state diplomacy and Nation-building; Sub-state climate change & sustainable development policy; Civil society; Language planning and policy.

She is a Member of Executive Committee and Theme Leader for ‘Language, Culture and Identities’  at the University's Centre for Welsh Politics and Society and a member of the Department of International Politics Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing team. 

Module Coordinator

• IPS1160 - Work Placement
• IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
• GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
• IPS1260 - Work Placement

Coordinator

• IPS1260 - Work Placement
• IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
• IPS1160 - Work Placement
• GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw

Lecturer

• GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
• IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
• IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
• GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
• GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
• GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
• IPM0060 - Dissertation
• GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
• IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
• IP30040 - Dissertation

PhD Supervision
Territorial politics and sub-state governance

Welsh Politics and society

Language policy and planning

Main areas of research: Territorial Politics and post-devolution UK politics; Sub-state diplomacy and nation-building; Sub-state climate change & sustainable development policy; Civil Society; Language planning and policy.

She is currently involved in the following 

Research grants: 

WP C3.1 - ‘Shifting forms of governance and the grassroots politics of separatism’, part of theme 3 Contentious Politics and Civic Gain of the ESRC funded WISERD Civil Society - Civic Satisfaction and Civil Repair project (with Dr Anwen Elias, Prof. Rhys Jones and Dr Nuria Franco-Guillen, Aberystwyth University)

James Madison Trust project on 'Assessing the UK’s new intergovernmental relations architecture post-Brexit' (with Dr Carolyn Rowe Aston University, Dr Rachel Minto Cardiff University).

Evaluations:

ARFOR 2 programme evaluation led by Wavehill as main contractor

Her thesis that won the Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot Prize for the best thesis in government and public administration in 2004-05 and between 2005 and 2014 she was co-editor of the Contemporary Wales journal.

• Wednesday 11.30-12.30
• Thursday 09.30-10.30