Dr Ruth Stevenson
Innovation Lab Research Manager
Ruth currently works as the Research Manager for CAT’s Zero Carbon Innovation Lab, developing and testing models for engaging people in transformational change at grassroots and institutional levels. She also supports teaching in CAT’s Graduate School.
Her work focusses on systemic change using participatory co-design, futures, and other methods. She is passionate about inspiring people to think differently about the issues that we face. Ruth previously worked for the Graduate School at CAT where she set up the Sustainability and Behaviour Change MSc. She continues to support some teaching and relevant thesis projects.
She has also held posts in Welsh Government, Local Authorities, and Cardiff University and worked for many years in the Renewable Energy Industry as a planning and environmental consultant and at times, a co- Director of worker-owned company Dulas Ltd. Ruth’s PhD looked at the Welsh Government policy-making process and its effects on the delivery of ‘sustainable development’.
