Professor Carlos Mendez
Director .
European Policies Research Centre
Personal statement
Prof. Carlos Mendez is Director and Head of Centre at the European Policies Research Centre. He was educated at University College London (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc) and the University of Strathclyde (PhD).
A specialist on the European Union and regional development policy, his research focuses on EU Cohesion Policy, the EU Budget, and regional policy in Europe. He has published extensively on these themes, and worked on a wide range of research projects and evaluation studies for European, national and regional institutions.
More recent projects have examined citizen engagement and EU communication, underpinned by several EU Horizon projects and studies for the European Parliament. He has onging research interests in the reform and goverenance of EU Cohesion Policy.
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Flexibility and Simplification in Cohesion Policy under the 2028-2034 MFF Proposals
- Mendez Carlos, Bachtler John, Van Der Valk Odilia, McMaster Irene
- (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.2861/2441307
- What future for EU Cohesion Policy? Reform ambitions and realities
- Mendez Carlos, Kah Stefan
- IQ-Net Thematic Paper IQ-Net Thematic Paper, Vol 59, No. 2 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00095319
- Facing an uncertain future : the reform of EU cohesion policy
- Bachtler John, Mendez Carlos, Downes Ruth
- A Future for the European Patchwork: Cohesion through Spatial Planning since 1990 (2026) (2026)
- Cohesion Policy on the Rocks?
- Mendez Carlos, Bachtler John, Wishlade Fiona
- European Regional Policy Research Consortium, EoRPA Report European Regional Policy Research Consortium, EoRPA Report, Vol 25, No. 3 (2025)
- Cohesion policy : the coming storm
- Bachtler John, Mendez Carlos
- Policy-Making in the European Union (2025) (2025)
- Charting a New Course for EU Cohesion Policy After 2027
- Bachtler John, Mendez Carlos, Downes Ruth
- (2024)
Professional Activities
- 46th Annual Meeting of European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA)
- Chair
- 5/10/2025
- Innovation Policies for System-Level Transformation
- Contributor
- 7/11/2024
- 45th Annual Meeting of European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA)
- Chair
- 6/10/2024
- Innovation Strategies for System-Level Transformation Workshop 1
- Chair
- 22/3/2024
- Cohesion Policy rationale and evolution, Training to European Union Urban Initiative staff
- Speaker
- 1/3/2023
- Future Perspectives on EU Cohesion Policy, European Week of Regions and Cities, European Commission and academic panel
- Speaker
- 12/10/2022
Projects
- ACCOMPANYING EXPERTISE FOR THE TWO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON THE ‘NRP FUND’ AND THE ‘ERDF, INTERREG AND COHESION FUND
- Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- EU Cohesion Policy and its Urban Dimension: training for the permanent secretariat of the European Urban Initiative
- Kah, Stefan (Principal Investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) Mendez, Carlos (Co-investigator)
- 1-day on-site training on EU Cohesion Policy for the permanent secretariat of the European Urban Initiative in Lille (France)
- 10-Jan-2026 - 10-Jan-2026
- Regional Policy in Europe: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA_SCO_26)
- Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator) Downes, Ruth (Research Co-investigator) Michie, Rona (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- 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_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_SCO_25)
- Mendez, Carlos (Principal Investigator) Bachtler, John (Co-investigator) Downes, Ruth (Research Co-investigator) Michie, Rona (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
Contact
Professor
Carlos
Mendez
Director .
European Policies Research Centre
Email: carlos.mendez@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3932