Dr Elin Royles

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

Dr Elin Royles

Reader

Assistant Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor (Recruitment)

Department of International Politics

Contact Details

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; Civil society; Language planning and policy.

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

  • Tuesday 15.00-16.00

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.

ARFOR, gweithleoedd a’r Gymraeg: Gwersi arfer da o ran effaith gweithleoedd ar ieithoedd rhanbarthol neu leiafrifol i gefnogi gwaith rhaglen ARFOR II. / Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2025. 29 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Intergovernmental relations on UK-EU policy: Analysis in the context of the promised EU reset Briefing Paper. / Rowe, Carolyn; Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2025. 6 p.

Research output: Book/ReportOther report

The Dynamics of De-Europeanisation in a Multilevel Context: Resistance and Power Politics in Scotland and Wales. / Minto, Rachel; Rowe, Carolyn; Royles, Elin.
In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 16.03.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Adroddiad ar ddulliau asesu hyfywedd iaith | Methods of Assessing Linguistic Vitality Report. / Royles, Elin; Jones, Rhys; Lewis, Huw.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2024. 35 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Arfer da, economi, iaith a’r gweithle | Good practice, the economy, language and the workplace. / Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2024. 4 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

ARFOR, gweithleoedd a’r Gymraeg: Gwersi arfer da o ran effaith gweithleoedd ar ieithoedd rhanbarthol neu leiafrifol i gefnogi gwaith rhaglen ARFOR II. / Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2025. 29 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Intergovernmental relations on UK-EU policy: Analysis in the context of the promised EU reset Briefing Paper. / Rowe, Carolyn; Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2025. 6 p.

Research output: Book/ReportOther report

The Dynamics of De-Europeanisation in a Multilevel Context: Resistance and Power Politics in Scotland and Wales. / Minto, Rachel; Rowe, Carolyn; Royles, Elin.
In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 16.03.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Adroddiad ar ddulliau asesu hyfywedd iaith | Methods of Assessing Linguistic Vitality Report. / Royles, Elin; Jones, Rhys; Lewis, Huw.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2024. 35 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Arfer da, economi, iaith a’r gweithle | Good practice, the economy, language and the workplace. / Royles, Elin.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 2024. 4 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

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