Professor John Bachtler

European Policies Research Centre

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Personal statement

John Bachtler is Professor of European Policy Studies and a Director of the European Policies Research Centre. His research experience is principally in regional and industrial development in Europe, encompassing the economic development policies of the EU28 Member States and several other European countries, the structural and cohesion policies of the European Union, EU integration and enlargement. He has led EPRC research on regional policy, rural development, territorial development, foreign investment, RTDI and policy evaluation. He has been an expert adviser to numerous government departments across Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and an adviser to European organisations (European Parliament, European Commission, Committee of the Regions, European Court of Auditors, Assembly of European Regions)as well as the OECD and Nordic Council of Ministers. He has been an Expert Adviser to ten EU Presidencies over the past 15 years on budgetary, policy and regulatory reform, and directs the IQ-Net programme of research and knowledge-exchange on the management and implementation of Structural Funds across the EU. He is  Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and  Fellow of the Regional Studies Association.

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Professional Activities

45th Annual Meeting of European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA)
Speaker
6/10/2024
Jahrestagung Regionale Transformation Gestalten (Annual Conference "Shaping Regional Transformation"), Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Action, Berlin
Keynote/plenary speaker
16/9/2024
RSA Annual Conference 2024
Participant
12/6/2024
Innovation Strategies for System-Level Transformation Workshop 3
Chair
16/5/2024
Innovation Strategies for System-Level Transformation Workshop 2
Chair
16/4/2024
Closing the innovation gap
Speaker
13/11/2023

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Projects

Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_CH_25_27)
Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) Downes, Ruth (Research Co-investigator) Kah, Stefan (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA)
Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) Downes, Ruth (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_NO_25_27)
Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) McMaster, Irene (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
50 years of EU funding in Scotland
Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Michie, Rona (Co-investigator) Maguire, Rachel (Research Co-investigator)
13-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
ESRC IAA 2024: Delivering Just Transitions in Europe: The role of corporate leadership
Fonseca, Liliana (Fellow) Corbett, Hannah (Researcher) Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator)
This project aims to translate Strathclyde’s socio-economic and public policy research outputs into impactful actions. It explores corporate leadership’s role in driving innovation for Net Zero and Just Transition ambitions, sharing learning on Michelin’s innovative model for local industrial low-carbon transformation. The project is underpinned by research undertaken as part of the Net Zero Industrial Cluster Exchange (NICE) network managed by EPRC and established in 2021 with support from Scottish Government and Michelin.
01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
Improving the Quality of Structural Funds Management through Exchange of Experience (IQ-Net)
Vironen, Heidi (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) Mendez, Carlos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027

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Professor John Bachtler
European Policies Research Centre

Email: john.bachtler@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3339