Dr Elin Royles
BSc Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, MSc (Econ) Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, PhD Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth

Senior Lecturer
Department of International Politics
Contact Details
- Email: ear@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-4858-1903
- Office: 2.19, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622690
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Elin joined the department in 2003 and is a Senior Lecturer. 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 currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of International Politics; Member of the Department of International Politics Management Team; Member of Executive Committee and leader on the ‘Language, Culture and Identities’ Theme of the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society – WISERD @ Aberystwyth.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IPS1100 - Work Placement
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- IPS1200 - Work Placement
Coordinator
- IPS1100 - Work Placement
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IPS1200 - Work Placement
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Lecturer
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IP30000 - Dissertation
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
Tutor
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- WE20120 - Language revitalisation in a global context
- GW30000 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
Moderator
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- GW30000 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Attendance Dept Admin
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GW29620 - Gwragedd a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- GW35820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- IPM7320 - Feminist Approaches to Security
- IQ32920 - Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
- IQ34120 - Global Inequality and World Politics
- GQ23820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- GW12520 - Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW25820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- GW29920 - Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IP21320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IP22320 - The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
- IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- GW39920 - Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP22220 - Political Theory
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP30520 - Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
- IP31420 - Climate Change Politics
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IQ22820 - Capitalism and International Politics
- IQ32820 - Capitalism and International Politics
- IQ33820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP20520 - Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues Today
- IP21420 - Climate Change Politics
- IP33320 - NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
- IPM0220 - The EU in Crisis? Integration and Fragmentation
- IPM1920 - International Politics
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ35520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- IP23320 - NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
- IP27020 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IP30420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP31320 - The Arab Israeli Wars
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
- IP39920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IPM0620 - Indigenous Politics: challenging the global order?
- IPM0720 - Thoughts of War: Strategic Theory and Thinkers
- IPM1720 - Global Challenges and the Future of International Relations Theory
- GQ33820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- IP20420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP23620 - European Security in 21st Century
- IP33620 - European Security in the 21st Century
- IP38820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IPM2360 - Research Paper
- IPM4620 - Middle Powers and the Liberal Order
- IQ23820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IQ25520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP28820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- IPM1220 - Critical Security Studies: Emerging Issues
- IPM1520 - War and Peace in the Middle East
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ24320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IQ34320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- GW39620 - Gwragedd a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP29920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IP32220 - Political Theory
- IQ22920 - Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
- IQ24120 - Global Inequality and World Politics
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
Blackboard Dept Admin
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IP31320 - The Arab Israeli Wars
- IPM0620 - Indigenous Politics: challenging the global order?
- IPM1720 - Global Challenges and the Future of International Relations Theory
- IPM2360 - Research Paper
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IQ23820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- GQ33820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IP20420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IP33620 - European Security in the 21st Century
- IPM1520 - War and Peace in the Middle East
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- IQ24120 - Global Inequality and World Politics
- IQ35520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- GW39920 - Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP22220 - Political Theory
- IP27020 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IPM0220 - The EU in Crisis? Integration and Fragmentation
- IPM0720 - Thoughts of War: Strategic Theory and Thinkers
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ32920 - Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
- IQ33820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- GW35820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP21320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IP22320 - The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- IP23620 - European Security in 21st Century
- IP31420 - Climate Change Politics
- IP38820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- IQ34320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
- GW12520 - Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW39620 - Gwragedd a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP20520 - Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues Today
- IP21420 - Climate Change Politics
- IP28820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IP29920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IPM1220 - Critical Security Studies: Emerging Issues
- IPM1920 - International Politics
- IPM4620 - Middle Powers and the Liberal Order
- IPM7320 - Feminist Approaches to Security
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IQ25520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- GW29620 - Gwragedd a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- IP39920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- IQ34120 - Global Inequality and World Politics
- GW25820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- GW29920 - Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP23320 - NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- IP30420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP30520 - Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
- IQ22820 - Capitalism and International Politics
- IQ24320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- GQ23820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP32220 - Political Theory
- IP33320 - NATO: From Cold War to Hybrid War
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
- IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
- IQ22920 - Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
- IQ32820 - Capitalism and International Politics
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
PhD Supervision
Territorial politics and sub-state governance
Welsh Politics and society
Language policy and planning
Research
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:
• Autonomy Movements and Economic and Social justice Co-Investigator H2020 IMAJINE: Integrative Mechanism for Addressing Spatial Injustice and Territorial Inequalities in Europe, Lead Partner: Aberystwyth University.
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
.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.
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Tuesday 12.30-13.30
- Friday 12.30-13.30