I currently work on a new ESPON project 'Territorial instruments of national policies as a tool for designing territorially sensitive policies' (SENPO), which investigates how national territorial instruments, such as the Dutch NOVEX or the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas, perform and whether and how they are synergised with EU territorial instruments (e.g. Integrated … Continue reading New project on territorial instruments – ESPON SENPO
New paper in Regional Studies on interregional knowledge flows
Our new paper explores the clusters of European regions according to their role in knowledge exchange networks (Horizon 2020). In the paper, co-authored by Rodrigo Viseu Cardoso, Constance Uyttebrouck and myself, we identify five regional ‘flow profiles’ and shed light on the drivers and barriers to becoming a high-performing knowledge region from the perspective of … Continue reading New paper in Regional Studies on interregional knowledge flows
New paper on cross-fertilisation between spatial planning and EU Cohesion Policy
EU Cohesion Policy (especially its territorial instruments) and spatial planning have a lot in common, even though they tend to exist in 'parallel worlds'. In our new paper, co-written with Karel Maier and Jan Kabrhel, we attempt to examine where these two 'worlds' meet and how to make these encounters more fruitful. We use the … Continue reading New paper on cross-fertilisation between spatial planning and EU Cohesion Policy
New book: a comparative insight into the trends in spatial planning systems in Europe
A new book, edited by Vincent Nadin, Giancarlo Cotella and Peter Schmitt, entitled 'Spatial Planning Systems in Europe. Comparison and Trajectories' is out, published by Edward Elgar. The book builds on ESPON COMPASS project in which I took part. I am a co-author of one of the chapters critically overviewing how integration of policy sectors, … Continue reading New book: a comparative insight into the trends in spatial planning systems in Europe
Marcin Dąbrowski 