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The following table contains contact information for all EPRC's staff along with their particular areas of research expertise. Select a researcher by name to view their individual profile page, which contains a full cv including details of spoken languages, research activities, projects and publications.

Research Staff Areas of Expertise
Professor John Bachtler
Director
Tel: +44 141 548 3339
E-mail: john.bachtler@strath.ac.uk
Regional policy and development in Western Europe.
EU Structural Funds.
Regional policy in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia.
EU enlargement.
Fiona Wishlade
Director
Tel: +44 141 548 3061
E-mail: fiona.wishlade@strath.ac.uk
EU competition policy and State aids.
Regional policy and development in Western Europe.
EU Structural Funds.

  
Professor David Charles
Professor of Regional Economic Development and Policy
Tel: +44 141 548 3222
E-mail: david.r.charles@strath.ac.uk
Urban and regional policy and development in Western Europe
Regional innovation and enterprise
University engagement in regional development
EU Structural Funds and RTD policies
Dr Sara Davies
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3932
E-mail: sara.davies@strath.ac.uk
Economic development in the enlarged EU.
EU Structural Funds.
Regional innovation and enterprise.
Labour market policy.
Dr Laura Polverari
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3321
Skype name: eprc_lp
E-mail: laura.polverari@strath.ac.uk
EU Structural Funds.
Regional policy in Italy.
Structural Funds evaluation.
Relationship between Structural Funds and spatial policies.
Rona Michie
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3944
E-mail: rona.michie@strath.ac.uk
EU Structural Funds and RTD policies.
Regional policy and Structural Funds in the UK.
Dr Irene McMaster
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 4905
E-mail: irene.mcmaster@strath.ac.uk

Territorial cooperation programmes
Regional development and regional policy in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular the Czech Republic
Regional economic development policy in Ireland.

Dr Martin Ferry
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3920
E-mail: martin.ferry@strath.ac.uk
Regional politics and policy in Poland.
Regional development in CEE.
Regional policy and Structural Funds in the UK.
Carlos Mendez
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3334
E-mail: carlos.mendez@strath.ac.uk
EU Structural Funds
Regional policy in Portugal and Spain
Frederike Gross
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 4920
E-mail: frederike.gross@strath.ac.uk
Regional policy and Structural Funds in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Heidi Vironen
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 4906
E-mail: heidi.vironen@strath.ac.uk
Regional policy and Structural Funds in Finland and Sweden
Stefan Kah
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 141 548 3955
E-mail: stefan.kah@strath.ac.uk

Regional policy and Structural Funds in Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland

Stephen Miller
Researcher
Tel: +44 141 548 3910
E-mail: stephen.r.miller@strath.ac.uk

 

Arno van der Zwet
Researcher
Tel: +44 141 548 3279
E: arno.van-der-zwet@strath.ac.uk
Territorial Politics
International Territorial Cooperation
Scottish Politics
   
Visiting Professors Areas of Expertise
Martin Hughes
E-mail: martin.d.hughes@strath.ac.uk
Public sector early stage risk capital market interventions
EU policy-related financial engineering instruments
Corporate finance
Charlie Woods
E-mail: charlie.woods@strath.ac.uk
 
Douglas Yuill
Emeritus Professor
Regional policy and development in Western Europe.
Regional policy in Russia.
Policy instruments (regional incentives, Structural Funds).
Area designation systems and approaches.
Full details of all prior visiting scholars to EPRC can be found here.
   
Support staff
Lynn Ogilvie
Centre Coordinator
Tel: +44 141 548 3908
E-mail: lynn.ogilvie@strath.ac.uk
Alyson Ross
Departmental Secretary
Tel: +44 141 548 4907
E-mail: alyson.ross@strath.ac.uk
David Paul
Systems Administrator
Tel: +44 141 548 5815
E-mail: david.paul@strath.ac.uk