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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Some examples of actions include clarifying roles, appointing thematic experts, providing simple self-assessment tools, pre-call consultations, practical mentoring and peer groups. Not all of these have to be organised by the managing authorities, with other external actors supporting too.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

At each stage, the beneficiary will require different capacities. Consultations might be required, technical knowledge, coordination, etc. Results point to two main gaps: perceived shortage of thematic expertise, and the administrative burden and procedural complexity.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

With a recent study they are trying to understand not just the beneficiaries' capacity needs, or what the MA needs, but how they can work better together. The pilot project looked at several programmes, detailed in the map.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

OECD started working on this topic since 2018, and has created a framework for administrative capacity building, with beneficiary capacity being one aspect of this.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Our EPRC webinar with @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Yingyin Wu will start soon! There is still time to register, but you can also follow this 🧵thread for key takeaways. lnkd.in/gzebC4Ac

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

⭐𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲?⭐ Join us for this special edition seminar with Markus Gruber (convelop) as he presents findings from a recent Austrian study on implementing Transformative Innovation Policy. 🔗𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: lnkd.in/eUPRq9fd

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀? Join our webinar with Yingyin Wu (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) on building beneficiary capacity as we explore skill gaps, administrative burdens and a new 4-pillar framework 🧩 🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: lnkd.in/gzebC4Ac

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Starting soon ⌛ Join us for our first autumn webinar with Julia Bachtrögler-Unger from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research as we examine how administrative capacity influences the effective use of Cohesion Policy funds 💡 Register here🔗 strath.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬❓🤔 You can catch up on 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 from the most recent series (and more!) on our YouTube channel 🎞️👉 www.youtube.com/@eprcstrathc...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🏘️ Small & medium-sized towns matter more than ever. Caught between rural & urban policy, they’re key to cohesion across Europe. Stefan Kah's blog highlights how countries support them—and the challenges they face. 🔗Read now: eprc-strath.org/small-towns-...

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Small towns – big challenges? - EPRC

Small and medium-sized towns (SMST) have often been overlooked by both policymakers and academia. They can get caught in the middle between urban development policy and rural development policy. Howev...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🗣️This morning 𝗜𝗤-𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 joined our coffee break workshop '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗴' 🍵 𝗜𝗤-𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 are a regular series of interactive sessions where partners exchange ideas and tackle key policy implementation challenges together🤝 Find out more ➡️🔗https://shorturl.at/4yMOr #IQNet

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Conclusions show that the narrative of the "places that don't matter" is effective in explaining the anti-system voting behaviour in lagging-behind regions. But social values, beliefs and wealth distribution help explain political discontent in regions not characterised by economic decline.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Based on a survey with over 351 thousand respondents, the following picture ⬇️ of life and political discontent emerges in European regions.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

There is a positive association between life discontent and EU scepticism, and further research by the authors has demonstrated the geographic reality is complex. While discontent regions base this on economic opportunities, political-discontent regions base this on cultural values.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Giovanni Perucca and Camilla Lenzi explore this, and under which conditions protest voting manifests.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

From the early 1990s there is an upsurge of #populist and #antisystem movements, leading to the emergence of the study of the #geography of #discontent and the "revenge of the places that don't matter". However, #lifediscontent remains a latent and unobserved element.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🖥Our webinar on "At The Roots of the #Geography of Life and #Political #Discontent" is going to start soon! 🧵 Follow this thread for key messages ⬇

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🌊 EPRC’s Dr Irene McMaster spoke at the first Developing Irish Sea Co-operation (DISC) symposium in Belfast, sharing EU insights on the value of long-term cross-border collaboration post-Brexit. A key step in strengthening Irish Sea co-operation! 🔗Read more: bit.ly/3FFwlKj

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

From insightful sessions and hands-on workshops to local project, we are looking forward to learning, sharing, and shaping smarter, more efficient ways to deliver impact on the ground. More updates to come! #EPRC #IQNet #CohesionPolicy #RegionalDevelopment #SCOs #FNLCs

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Together, we will explore ways to improve the financial management of 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆, with a focus on 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗦𝗖𝗢𝘀) and 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 (𝗙𝗡𝗟𝗖𝘀). This is a great opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and ideas with colleagues in other countries and regions.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🎉 We're about to kick off the 𝟱𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗤-𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 here in beautiful 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗼𝗻-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻, 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱! Over the next three days, we will be bringing together IQ-Net colleagues from across Europe, the European Commission and our research centre, EPRC Delft.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

#CAP and #LEADER are benefitting #nonurban areas and #CCIs the most, even though they are not at the core of measures. LEADER programmes support projects based on the choices and actions of local populations, funding #social and #institutional #innovations.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Andre Torre presented on Developments in CCIs. He argues that #CohesionPolicy has devoted many programmes for the development of #peripheralareas, but very few to CCIs. #SmartSpecialisation focuses investment on technological innovation, and this is not the core of #CCIs.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

As recommendations, it is crucial to embed strategies with local knowledge and actors for these to be sustainable. Network organisations can be a bridge between #EU #culturalpolicy and regional experts. And programmes like ECOC, LEADER and others should be better connected.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Programmes supporting this include #CreativeEurope, #ERDF, #INTERREG, #LEADER programme, and #VoicesofCulture. IN-SITU project findings argue there is no clearly defined strategy toward #culturalpolicy for and in #nonurban territories.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Regarding European Cultural Policy in general, it has a symbolic task of representing a European #identity. This has been developed top-down but attempts have been made to develop a bottom-up strategy. #Nonurban areas are still often marginalised in #EU #culturalpolicy.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In each of the 6 lab areas, they selected 2 initiatives or entrepreneurs that applied to creatively address local issues. They are witnessing a shift in how these areas and work is being viewed as the project progresses. These places are being reframed as places where culture and innovation is made.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The project areas and partners are detailed in the snapshots below.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The IN-SITU project delves into a gap in research and policy in what concerns innovation in non-urban areas. Its goal is to better understand forms, processes and #governance needs of #cultural and #creative actors located in #nonurban areas of #Europe, and to enable these actors as #innovators.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🖥Our webinar on Place-based #Innovation of #cultural and #creative work in #nonurban areas is going to start soon! 🧵 Follow this thread for key messages ⬇

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎤 EPRC at #RSA25 - Thu 8 May cont. 👨‍🏫 David Clelland & Dr Liliana Fonseca, The University Civic Mission in Peripheral Regions: Exploring the Role of Branch Campuses in Regional Development

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎤 EPRC at #RSA25 - Thu 8 May 👨‍🏫 Prof. John Bachtler (Plenary Panel), The Future of Regional Policy, with Duarte Rodrigues (PT), Renata Calak (PL), & Dr Raphael L’Hoest (DE) 👨‍🏫 Prof. John Bachtler & Dr Martin Ferry, The Changing Paradigms of Regional Policies and Implications for Governance

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎤 EPRC at #RSA25 - Wed 7 May 👩‍🏫 Rachel Maguire & Liliana Fonseca, Cohesion Policy and Regional Innovation: Governance and Implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategies, 2022–2026 👨‍🏫 Martin Ferry & Stefan Kah, The Value of Territorial Instruments in Embedding Cohesion Policy's Urban Dimension

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📍 EPRC at #RSA25 | 6–9 May 2025 | University of Porto We're joining 840 participants to debate regional transformation at the RSA Annual Conference, hosted by Universidade do Porto. Prof. John Bachtler, Dr Martin Ferry, Dr Liliana Fonseca & Rachel Maguire will share insights across 5 sessions.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

✅See image for key takeaways! 📎 Presentations and other workshop resources available on the EPRC website: bit.ly/3YSVGqw 🧵(2/2)

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🗣️ Listening to practitioners: new ideas for reforming #CohesionPolicy On 28 April, Polish EU Council Presidency, Wielkopolska & EPRC co-organised a workshop with EU, national & regional actors to discuss simplification, performance-based budgeting & the evolving governance of Cohesion Policy. 🧵(1/2)

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

What role does #EU #CohesionPolicy play in consolidating #metropolitan #governance? It depends on the pre-existence of metropolitan institutions and cooperation dynamics. But it is difficult to identify causal links in some cases. Explicit consolidating role in cases like Turin and Riga.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

What is the #metropolitan added value of #EU #CohesionPolicy? It depends on the types of programmes and instruments, the relative magnitude of the CP delivered on the ground vs the actual budget of the metropolitan area, and the coherence between goals and the mechanisms involved.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

What role do #metropolitan areas play in #EU #CohesionPolicy? It depends on the peculiar national administrative traditions and structures and on the resulting #governance model. Some countries are more regionalised, others are centralised, and others mixed in the way they manage CP.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

How does the metropolitan manifest in #Europe? It is heterogeneous in territorial, socio-economic, and demographic characteristics and also in the institutions deputed to deal with it.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

New #EU #CohesionPolicy showcase an effort to acknowledge the metropolitan phenomena, but most still lack the tools, jurisdiction and the funding that would allow them to embrace their role, and they do not have a voice in the EU Cohesion programming. The METRO ESPON project (2020-21) explored this.

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There is an increasing metropolisation that has put traditional spatial governance models into crisis, and has led to different conceptualisations (e.g. functional urban areas). There is a need for intermunicipal cooperation, which has led to institutional experimentation (e.g. metropol in France).

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🖥 Our webinar by Giancarlo Cottela on the role of #metropolitan areas within #EU #cohesionpolicy will start soon! 🧵 Follow this thread for key messages ⬇

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

👏 Dr David Clelland (University of Glasgow) & Dr Liliana Fonseca (EPRC) have received a British Academy/Leverhulme grant for a project on how unis can better support local communities—especially in rural & disadvantaged areas. 🔗 Read more: eprc-strath.org/grant-univer...

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Research grant awarded to explore universities’ civic role in peripheral regions - EPRC

A British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant for the 2024-25 round has been awarded to Dr Liliana Fonseca from the European Policies Research Centre at the University of Strathclyde and Dr David ...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 🏙️ Join us for our third webinar of the spring semester as Giancarlo Cotella explores how metropolitan areas drive development, challenge governance models and shape EU Cohesion Policy. 🔗𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: strath.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We’re thrilled to share that EPRC researchers have published two insightful articles in the latest edition of the 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹! 📖✨ These contributions provide valuable perspectives on European territorial policies and Cohesion Policy. 🔗Find out more: lnkd.in/eyxGsj-U

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! Innovation drives development, but it can also widen economic divides. Territorial cooperation plays a crucial role in bridging these gaps. But challenges remain. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱? 𝗗𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲? 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? bit.ly/4kVtkVV

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Innovation Gaps, Bridges and Territorial Cooperation - EPRC

The innovation gap is a critical development challenge for European countries and regions. Innovation is a key driver of development. It can also widen the economic divide between territories. Territo...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 🌍 Join us for our second webinar of the spring semester as Stefanie Vedder explores how life satisfaction and worries shape regional inequalities and policy acceptance. 🔗𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: strath.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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European Policies Research Centre @eprc-eu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In their latest blog, Eléna and Odilia dive into: ✅ Progress and hurdles in 2021-27 Cohesion Policy ✅ The evolving role of S3 in innovation governance ✅ Why collaboration and adaptability are more important than ever

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