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 

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 Policy Research Paper, No. 96, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 55, Issue 3, May 2017, pages 569–592

Speech delivered at the 'Future of Cohesion Policy Beyond 2020' Final Conference, Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 3 March 2016

in Gänzle, S and Kern K.(eds) A Macro-Regional Europe in the Making: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence Palgrave, pp. 47-72

Rowman & Littlefield International

Relazione per la Regione Lombardia realizzata nell'ambito della valutazione ongoing del programma FESR 2007-2013

Relazione finale dello studio realizzato per Invitalia nell'ambito dell'assistenza tecnica del POIN Attrattori culturali, naturali e turismo FESR 2007-2013