Publications

Regional development is one of the main EU spending priorities through its Cohesion Policy. Brexit is among several influences on the future of the policy, whose evolution is part of a wider reshaping of the principles and practice of regional policy in Europe. A new paper by John Bachtler of EPRC and Iain Begg of LSE in Papers in Regional Science examines the emerging policy challenges for regional development and recent contributions to the regional literature policy. Drawing partly on EPRC research conducted under the EoRPA programme, it highlights innovation, human capital and effective institutions as three crucial dimensions of future policy. The paper argues that a shift in regional policy priorities, governance and territorial focus is underway – partly influenced by place‐based policy thinking ‐ at EU level under Cohesion Policy as well as under national regional policies in the EU27 and 

IQ-Net Review Paper 41(1), European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

IQ-Net Thematic Paper 41(2), European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

IQ-Net Thematic Paper 40(2), European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Séminaire sur les aides d’Etat en faveur des infrastructures La règlementation des aides d’Etat, CGET, Ecole Militaire, Paris 25 January 2017.

Keynote presentation to the EStIF Interactive Forum: Management, Control and Audit of ESI Funds, Zagreb 11-12 May 2017

Research for REGI Committee – European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels

Final Report to European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy and Urban Policy, Directorate B - Policy, Unit B.1 - Policy Development and Economic Analysis

European Structural and Investment Funds Journal (ESTiF) 2017 Vol 5, Issue 3, pp. 235-244  

European Structural and Investment Funds Journal (ESTiF) 2017 Vol 5, Issue 3, pp. 175-177