EPRC - Irene McMaster - University of Strathclyde

Irene McMaster Senior Research Fellow, European Policies Research Centre Tel: +44 141 548 4905 Fax: +44 141 548 4898 e-mail: irene.mcmaster@strath.ac.uk
Qualifications
PhD, 'Privatisation and Transformation in the Czech Republic', Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 1991-1995. B.A. (Hons) Geography, Grade 2.1, Department of Geography, University of Strathclyde.

Languages
English (mother tongue); Czech (working knowledge)

Experience
Specialist research activities focus on: territorial governance of economic and regional development policies in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular in the Czech Republic; comparative analyses of the management and implementation of EU Cohesion policy programmes, particularly in the Central and East European Member States; the evaluation of transnational cooperation programmes; and comparative policy analyses covering the Nordic Member States and NORA countries.

Selected Projects (click here for a full list of projects or click project title for more information)
EoRPA (European Regional Policy Research Consortium): Regional Policy in the EU Member States and Norway - A Comparative Assessment Regional policy departments in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland (Ongoing)
European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life ESPON (2010-2012)
OECD Territorial Review of the NORA Region (2009-2010)
On going Evaluation of the Northern PeripheryProgramme County Administrative Board of Västerbotten (2009-2010)
WP11 Ex Post Evaluation of Management and implementation Systems of ERDF, Objective 1 and 2, 2000-06 DG Regio, European Commission (2008/2009)
The potential for regional policy instruments, 2007-2013, to contribute to the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives for growth, jobs and sustainable development. DG Regio, European Commission (2007/2008)
The Ex Ante Evaluation of IPA Operational Programmes for Croatia The Republic of Croatia (2007)
EPRC Commentary on 'The Territorial State and Perspectives of the EU' Ministry of the Environment of Finland (2006)
The Ex-ante Evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 NPP Managing Authority (2006)
Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland Cross-Border Territorial Cooperation Programme 2007–2013: Development of a Joint Strategic Approach on Behalf of Scottish Partners Scotland Europa (Scottish Enterprise) (2006)
Study on the potential and needs of the New Member States European Commission, DG Regional Policy (2005)
Delivering the Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas Department of Trade and Industry (2005)

Selected Publications (click here for a full list of publications)
McMaster I (2011) Pickles, J., Globalisation and Regionalization in Socialist and Post-Socialist Economies: Common Economic Spaces of Europe,in Europe Asia Studies..
McMaster I. et al. (2011) Governance and Cooperation in the NORA Region in OECD ORCD Territorial Review of the NORA Region OECD , Paris.
Yuill D, McMaster I and Mirwaldt K (2010) Regional Policy under Crisis Conditions: Recent Regional Policy Developments in the EU and Norway, European Policy Research Papers, , No 71, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Bachtler J, Davies S, Ferry M, Gross F and McMaster I (2010) Regional Policy and Recovery from the Economic Crisis: Annual Review of Regional Policy in Europe, Paper to the 31st Meeting of EoRPA, , University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster I (2010) Final Report of the On-Going Evaluation of the 2007-13 Northern Periphery Programme, Final Report for the NPP Managing Authority , University of Strathclyde, Glasgow .
Mirwaldt K, McMaster I and Bachtler J (2009) Reconsidering Cohesion Policy: The Contested Debate on Territorial Cohesion, European Policy Research Papers, , No 66, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Ferry M. and McMaster I (2009) Delivery 2: Regional governance in the context of globalisation: Literature and Methodological Review, part of the DG Regio project ‘Regional governance in the context of globalisation’, DG Regio project ‘Regional governance in the context of globalisation’, , SWECO, , .
Bachtler J, Polverari L, Oraže H, Clement K and Tödtling-Schönhofer H, with Gross F, McMaster I and Naylon I (2009) Ex post evaluation of the management and implementation of Cohesion policy, 2000-06 (ERDF), Report to the European Commission, DG Regio, , Brussels.
McMaster I (2009) Regional Policy under Crisis Conditions: Recent Regional Policy Developments in the EU and Norway, Paper to the 30th Meeting of the European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA), Ross Priory, Loch Lomondside, Scotland 4-6 October 2009.
McMaster I (2009) Findings of the First-Draft Evaluation Report of the 2007-13 Northern Periphery Programme, Paper to the Northern Periphery Programme Management Group, Copenhagen, Denmark 26 November 2009.
McMaster I (2009) On-Going Evaluation of the 2007-13 Northern Periphery Programme, Paper to the Northern Periphery Programme Evaluation Strategy group, Stockholm, Sweden 18 August 2009.
McMaster I (2009) Ex Ante Evaluation of the 2007-13 Northern Periphery Programme: Lessons for the Future, Paper to the Northern Periphery Programme Evaluation Strategy Group, Copenhagen, Denmark 11 May 2009.