Sarah Royston

Sarah Royston is a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute within Anglia Ruskin University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. Her work bridges sustainability research with creative practices, focusing on intersections between climate change, everyday life, and institutional transformation. Based in Cambridge, she employs narrative and biographical methodologies to explore sensory experiences in energy practices and queer ecologies.

• PhD in Social Policy (University of York, 2011)
• MRes in Social Research Methods (University of York, 2008)
• MA in Sustainable Development (University of Leeds, 2006)
• BA in Geography (University of Cambridge, 2003)

Sarah's research integrates speculative fiction and eco-feminist frameworks with empirical studies on energy consumption and policy-making. She contributes to European energy policy through arts-science collaborations like the LEAP Lab project and Writers' HQ Festival of Writing as Resistance. Her narrative approach examines how sustainable practices evolve through personal and collective storytelling.

Recent publications demonstrate thematic focus on queer ecologies (40%), policy critique (30%), and creative methodologies (30%). Key projects include reimagining energy systems through speculative fiction and analyzing gender dimensions in global energy transitions.

She actively supervises PhD researchers in social sciences, emphasizing topics like creative writing for sustainability communication and narrative methodologies. Professional engagements include parliamentary briefings on climate change behavior and expert contributions to environmental housing standards.

Sarah's work appears in journals such as Energy Policy, World Development, and Area, while her creative writing has been published in Dark Mountain and The Rumpus. She utilizes 100% recycled paper for her literary publications and maintains a strong presence in interdisciplinary knowledge exchange initiatives.