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27
Citations
3091
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1465
National Ranking
246

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

John Bachtler is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas intersecting social sciences and economics, with significant contributions in political science, international relations, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Regional Development and Policy
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Polish socio-economic development

John Bachtler has published extensively in the field of social sciences, contributing notably to the journal Regional Studies. Their recent papers cover subjects related to regional governance, administrative capacity, and Cohesion Policy within the European Union.

Key recent publications include:

  • The quality of government and administrative performance: explaining Cohesion Policy compliance, absorption and achievements across EU regions (2022, Regional Studies)
  • Administrative capacity and EU Cohesion Policy: implementation performance and effectiveness (2023, Regional Studies)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Carlos Méndez
  • Laura Polverari
  • Ekaterina Domorenok
  • Paolo Graziano
  • Sébastien Bourdin

John Bachtler's work spans a range of specialized subfields within the broader social sciences, particularly political science and international relations, reinforcing their engagement with regional and European Union policy issues.

Their recognition includes fellowships in prominent academic societies:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2012)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Services and Uneven Development

    J Marshall;P Wood;P Daniels;A McKinnon

  • REFORMING EU COHESION POLICY: A reappraisal of the performance of the Structural Funds

    John Bachtler;Grzegorz Gorzelak

  • Evaluation of European Union Cohesion policy: Research questions and policy challenges

    John Bachtler;Colin Wren

  • Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds

    John Bachtler;Carlos Mendez

  • Transition, Cohesion and Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe

    John Bachtler;Ruth Downes;Grzegorz Gorzelak

  • EU Cohesion Policy and the Role of the Regions: Investigating the Influence of Structural Funds in the New Member States

    John Bachtler;Irene McMaster

  • From Conditionality to Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe: Administrative Performance and Capacity in Cohesion Policy

    John Bachtler;Carlos Mendez;Hildegard Oraže

  • Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0: Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth

    John Bachtler;Joaquim Oliveira Martins;Peter Wostner;Piotr Zuber

  • The coherence of EU regional policy : contrasting perspectives on the structural funds

    John Bachtler;Ivan Turok

  • Reconsidering cohesion policy, the contested debate on territorial cohesion

    Katja Mirwaldt;Irene McMaster;John Bachtler

  • A New Era in EU Regional Policy Evaluation? The Appraisal of the Structural Funds

    John Bachtler;Rona Michie

  • Regional policy in the transition countries: A comparative assessment

    John Bachtler;Ruth Downes

  • EU Cohesion Policy and European Integration: The Dynamics of EU Budget and Regional Policy Reform

    John Bachtler;Carlos Mendez;Fiona Wishlade

  • The quality of government and administrative performance: explaining Cohesion Policy compliance, absorption and achievements across EU regions

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  • Administrative reform and unintended consequences : an assessment of the EU Cohesion policy ‘audit explosion’

    Carlos Mendez;John Bachtler

  • EU Cohesion Policy after Brexit: the economic, social and institutional challenges

    John Bachtler;Iain Begg

  • EU Cohesion Policy: Reassessing Performance and Direction

    John Bachtler;Peter Berkowitz;Sally Hardy;Tatjana Muravska

  • Conditionalities and the performance of European structural funds : a principal-agent analysis of control mechanisms in EU cohesion policy

    John Bachtler;Martin Ferry

  • Challenges of multi-level governance and partnership: drawing lessons from European Union cohesion policy

    Marcin Dąbrowski;John Bachtler;François Bafoil

  • Beyond Brexit: Reshaping policies for regional development in Europe

    John Bachtler;Iain Begg

  • The interim evaluation of EU regional development programmes: experiences from objective 2 regions

    John Bachtler;Rona Michie

  • Smart specialisation' and cohesion policy: a strategy for all regions?

    David Charles;Frederike Gross;John Bachtler

  • Territorial cohesion and the European model of society

    John Bachtler;Laura Polverari

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain Begg
Iain Begg London School of Economics and Political Science
Ivan Turok
Ivan Turok University of the Free State
Anne E. Green
Anne E. Green University of Birmingham
Andrew Leyshon
Andrew Leyshon University of Nottingham

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