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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The European Policies Research Centre (EPRC) has extensive competence and experience in comparative research on regional problems and policies in Europe and on the evaluation of Structural Funds programmes and projects within the EU, as well as a wide range of other regional policy and regional planning studies.
As a research institute, based in the School of Government & Public Policy (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences) of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, EPRC has specialised in regional and industrial development in Europe for over 30 years and provides research expertise for both public and private organisations across a range of policy areas - regional, economic, labour market, innovation and environmental - covering all the countries of the EU27 and neighbouring states.
Its extensive research portfolio consists of four main programmes:
Regional development and regional policy in Europe: national policies for regional economic development; regional governance and economic development; regional innovation policies and cluster strategies; economic restructuring, regional development and regional policy in the new Member States;
EU Cohesion policy: the negotiation and design of EU Cohesion policy; the planning, management, implementation and evaluation of Structural and Cohesion Funds programmes and strategies for regional economic development;
European territorial development: the contribution of EU policies to territorial cohesion; studies of inter-regional, cross-border and transnational programmes;
Competition policy and subsidy discipline: State aid control policies under the EC and EEA Treaties and the Europe Agreements.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA)
Mendez, C. (Principal Investigator), Bachtler, J. (Co-investigator) & Downes, R. (Research Co-investigator)
Agency for Development and Cohesion (AGENCIA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO E COESAO)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_NO_25_27)
Mendez, C. (Principal Investigator), Bachtler, J. (Co-investigator) & McMaster, I. (Research Co-investigator)
Ministry of Local Government & Regional Development, Norway
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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50 years of EU funding in Scotland
Bachtler, J. (Principal Investigator), Michie, R. (Co-investigator) & Maguire, R. (Research Co-investigator)
13/12/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Improving EU Competitiveness within a Reformed MFF and Cohesion Policy: Directionality, Alignment and Leverage
Wostner, P. & Bachtler, J., 20 Jan 2025, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. 21 p. (European Policy Research Papers; no. 119)Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Regional Policy in Europe: No Place Left Behind
Downes, R., Ferry, M., Maguire, R. & Bachtler, J., 9 Dec 2024, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. 77 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Integrated territorial investments: place-based cohesion policy in practice?
Ferry, M., Kah, S. & McMaster, I., Dec 2024, In: Public Policy Portuguese Journal . 9, 1, p. 10-23 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Data for: "The impact of EU Cohesion Policy on European identity: A comparative analysis of EU regions"
Borz, G. (Creator), Brandenburg, H. (Creator) & Mendez, C. (Creator), figshare, 5 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5920816.v1, https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.19450516.v1 and 2 more links, https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.19450519.v1, https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.19450522.v1 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Appendix for : "Rescaling urban development policy in the EU: the impact of integrated place-based approaches in Cohesion Policy"
Mendez, C. (Creator), van der Zwet, A. (Contributor) & Borkowska-Waszak, S. (Creator), figshare, 9 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14229230.v1
Dataset
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Networks and efficient policy implementation: Insights from cohesion policy
Boumans, D. (Creator) & Ferry, M. (Creator), figshare, 9 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4540340.v1
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Prizes
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Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, 2002-present
Bachtler, J. (Recipient), Jan 2008
Prize: Election to learned society
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Co-organiser of the Regional Studies Association Cohesion Policy Research Network
Polverari, L. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
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Activities
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Coffee Break Workshop for European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA): Equitable Living Standards in Germany? New Empirical Evidence
Downes, R. (Organiser)
18 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Peace Plus Advisory Group (External organisation)
McMaster, I. (Advisor)
18 Dec 2024 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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European Urban Initiative Peer Review Workshop for City Authorities
Ferry, M. (Invited speaker)
4 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Impacts
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Impact of research on the implementation of EU Cohesion policy on the European Commission's legislative proposals for the reform of the policy
Bachtler, J. (Participant), Polverari, L. (Participant), Mendez, C. (Participant), Ferry, M. (Participant), McMaster, I. (Participant) & Michie, R. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation, Economic and commerce
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Subsidies to firms – balancing regional economic development against negative competition effects
Wishlade, F. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation
Student theses
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Explaining variation in public policy implementation : a network analysis of EU cohesion policy in Scotland
Boumans, D. (Author), 28 Jan 2016Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Financial instruments and the governance of EU Cohesion policy : roles, responsibilities and accountability
Gloazzo, C. (Author), Bachtler, J. (Supervisor) & Wishlade, F. (Supervisor), 26 Sept 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Local political leadership and administrative capacity for EU Structural Funds : the case of Cohesion policy in urban Romania
Dragos, A. (Author), Bachtler, J. (Supervisor) & Mendez, C. (Supervisor), 20 Sept 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis