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.
Professional activities
- Regional Studies Association (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2016
- Regional Studies Association (External organisation)
- Member
- 2009
- RSA International Conference
- Organiser
- 2009
- UHI Centre for Remote and Rural Studies, (External organisation)
- Member
- 2009
- Environment and Planning A (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/2008
- Regional Studies Association International Conference 2009
- Organiser
- 1/2008
more professional activities
Projects
- BE-Rural Bio-based strategies and roadmaps for enhanced rural and regional development in the EU (H2020 SC2 RUR)
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) João, Elsa (Co-investigator) Kah, Stefan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
- TRACER: Smart strategies for the transition in coal intensive regions (H2020 SC3 LC)
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) Michie, Rona (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
- Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_Norway)
- Wishlade, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2021
- Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_Switzerland)
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator) Kah, Stefan (Co-investigator) Wishlade, Fiona (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2021
- Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_Sweden)
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator) Vironen, Heidi (Co-investigator) Wishlade, Fiona (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2021
- Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_Portugal)
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Davies, Sara (Co-investigator) Mendez, Carlos (Co-investigator) Wishlade, Fiona (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2021
more projects
Address
European Policies Research Centre
Graham Hills Building
Graham Hills Building
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