Rachel Minto
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Rachel Minto is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Law and Politics and the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. She is deputy director of the Wales Governance Centre. She is an expert in European politics and governance, with a particular focus on territorial politics between the EU and the UK post-Brexit, and gender equality. She has given evidence at the Scottish, Welsh and English Parliaments.
Minto received her PhD degree from the University of Bristol in 2012. Her doctoral thesis was Gender Maintreaming in the European Union’s Coordination on Immigrant Integration.[1] She was awarded a BSc. in Physics from the University of Birmingham, and an M.A. in European Studies from the University of Birmingham. She also holds an M.Sc. in Social Science Research Methods from the University of Bristol.
Career and research
Minto's research has focused on Wales and Brexit, devolution, net-zero policy, and gender in the EU.[2] With Alison Parken and Leah Hibbs, Minto conducted a review of inclusive policies at the Senedd in 2026.[3][4] The review was commissioned by the Senedd's Family Friendly and Inclusive Parliament Review Board and chaired by Joyce Watson MS.
Minto gave evidence to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee at the Scottish Parliament in 2025, and to the Scottish Affairs Committee at the House of Commons in 2023.[5] She is a board member for the Wales Women's Budget Group, and has previously chaired Cardiff Women's Aid.[6] In 2023, she co-authored the report ‘An equal and just transition to Net Zero’.[7] She contributes to various media platforms including the BBC and The Conversation.[8][9]
