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2023
McMaster, Irene and Maguire, Rachel (2023) Territorial cooperation : widely pursued widely questioned. European Policies Research Centre, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene (2023) TA 2030: 'Small Places Matter' : Final Report. European Policies Research Centre.
McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi (2023) Gone but not forgotten (yet) : Interreg in post Brexit UK. Contemporary Social Science, 18 (2). pp. 197-215. ISSN 2158-2041
2022
McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi (2022) The role of territorial cooperation in supporting just transition. European Policies Research Centre.
2021
Wergles, Nathalie and Fonseca, Liliana and McMaster, Irene (2021) Strategic Environmental Assessment: Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2021-2027 : Draft Environmental Report. European Policies Research Centre.
2019
Vironen, Heidi and McMaster, Irene and den Hoed, Wilbert (2019) Transition to a Low-carbon Europe : the Supporting Role of Cohesion Policy. European Policies Research Centre, Delft, Netherlands.
McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi (2019) European Territorial Cooperation in Scotland Post 2020. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Mendez, Carlos and Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene (2019) The Agenda for Cohesion Policy in 2019-2024 : Key Issues for the REGI Committee. European Parliament, Brussels.
McMaster, Irene and Wergles, Nathalie and Vironen, Heidi (2019) Case-based Impact Evaluation of the Interact Programme 2014-2020. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene and Wergles, Nathalie and Vironen, Heidi (2019) An Impact Evaluation of the Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 : Final Report. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene and Wergles, Nathalie and Vironen, Heidi (2019) Results orientation : what is it doing for Interreg? European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 7 (1). pp. 2-8. ISSN 2196-8268
2017
van der Zwet, Arno and Bachtler, John and Ferry, Martin and McMaster, Irene and Miller, Stephen (2017) Integrated Territorial and Urban Strategies - How are ESIF Adding Value in 2014-2020? : Final Report. European Commission, Luxembourg.
McMaster, Irene and Kah, Stefan (2017) The Performance Framework in Cohesion Policy : Expectations and Reality. European Policies Research Centre Delft, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John and Stewart, Linda (2017) EU Cooperation and Innovation - Delivering Value from our European Partnerships : Report on the conference organised by Scotland Europa and Scottish Enterprise in partnership with the Royal Society of Edinburgh 29 September 2017. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi (2017) The involvement of non-EU member states in European territorial cooperation programmes. European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 5 (3). pp. 235-244. ISSN 2196-8268
2016
Ferry, Martin and Kah, Stefan and Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene and Dozhdeva, Viktoriya and Lehuraux, Timothée and Surubaru, Cristian and Vernon, Philip (2016) Research for REGI Committee - Maximisation of Synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds and other EU Instruments to Attain Europe 2020 Goals. European Parliament, Brussels.
McMaster, Irene and van der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi (2016) Cross programme collaboration between regional territorial cooperation programmes. European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 3 (4). pp. 211-220. ISSN 2196-8268
2015
McMaster, Irene and van der Zwet, Arno; Gänzle, Stefan and Kern, Kristine, eds. (2015) Macro-regions and the European Union : the role of cohesion policy. In: A 'Macro-Regional' Europe in the Making. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics . Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, pp. 47-71. ISBN 9781349552474
McMaster, Irene and Van Der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi and Gaskell, Frank (2015) Northern Periphery Programme Preparatory Project - Arctic Collaboration Mechanism. EPRC.
2014
McMaster, Irene and Clement, Keith and Van Der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi and Granqvist, Kaisa and Miller, Stephen (2014) Ex Ante Evaluation of the North Sea Region Programme 2014-2020, Final Report to the Managing Authority of the 2007-13 North Sea Region Programme. EPRC.
McMaster, Irene and Clement, Keith and Van Der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi and Granqvist, Kaisa and Miller, Stephen (2014) Ex Ante Evaluation of the Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme 2014-2020 Final Report : Report to the County Administrative Board of Västerbotten. EPRC.
2013
Van Der Zwet, Arno and McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi (2013) Growing pains : a maturation framework for interreg programmes. In: UACES, 2013-09-02 - 2013-09-04, University of Leeds.
Kah, Stefan and McMaster, Irene (2013) Briefing on Management Structure Options for the ETC Programme Slovenia-Austria 2014-20 : IQ-Net Briefing Paper. European Policies Research Centre, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene; Gorzelak, Grzegorz and Zawalinska, K, eds. (2013) European territorial cooperation : overview and evaluation. In: European Territories. EUROREG, University of Warsaw & Ministry of Regional Development, Warsaw. ISBN 9788373836433
McMaster, Irene and Van Der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi; Gorzelak, Grzegorz and Zawalinska, Katarzyna, eds. (2013) Territorial cooperation governance. In: European Territories. EUROREG, University of Warsaw & Ministry of Regional Development, pp. 155-166. ISBN 978-83-7383-643-3
Van Der Zwet, Arno and McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John and Gaskell, Frank (2013) The arctic dimension in the northern periphery. European Policies Research Centre, Glasgow.
2012
Van Der Zwet, Arno and McMaster, Irene and Vironen, Heidi and Bachtler, John; (2012) Identifying driving forces of and governance structures for territorial cooperation. In: ESPON TERCO. UNSPECIFIED.
McMaster, Irene and Van Der Zwet, Arno and Vironen, Heidi (2012) Final report of the 2nd ongoing evaluation of the 2007-13 Northern periphery programme. EPRC, Glasgow.
Van Der Zwet, Arno and McMaster, Irene (2012) Macro regional strategies a recipe for success? : comparing INTERREG and macro-regional strategies governance frameworks and governance dimensions. In: New territorial development model: macro-regions and cross-border cooperation, 2012-03-15 - 2012-03-15.
Van Der Zwet, Arno and McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2012) Governance approaches in European territorial cooperation programmes and the implications of macro-regional strategies. In: European Regional Science Association Congress, 2012-08-22 - 2012-08-23.
2011
McMaster, I. (2011) Globalisation and regionalization in socialist and post-socialist economies : common economic spaces of europe. [Review]
Mirwaldt, Katja and McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2011) The Concept of Macro-Regions : Practice and Prospects. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene; (2011) Governance and cooperation in the NORA region. In: NORA Region 2011. OECD Territorial Reviews . OECD Publishing, Paris, pp. 201-264. ISBN 9789264097612
2010
McMaster, Irene (2010) Final Report of the Ongoing Evaluation of the 2007-13 Northern Periphery Programme. European Policies Research Centre, Glasgow. (Unpublished)
Bachtler, John and Davies, S. and Ferry, Martin and Gross, Frederike and Kah, Stefan and McMaster, Irene (2010) Regional policy and recovery from the economic crisis : annual review of regional policy in Europe. In: 31st Meeting of EoRPA, 2010-10-03 - 2010-10-05. (Unpublished)
2009
McMaster, Irene; Baun, Michael and Marek, Dan, eds. (2009) Ireland. In: EU Cohesion Policy after Enlargement. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics . Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230524729
Polverari, Laura and McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2009) The Added Value of Cohesion Policy : Literature Review. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Mirwaldt, Katja and McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2009) Reconsidering Cohesion Policy : the Contested debate on Territorial Cohesion. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Yuill, D.M. and McMaster, I. and Mirwaldt, K. (2009) Regional policy under crisis conditions: recent regional policy developments in the EU and Norway. Unknown Publisher.
McMaster, Irene (2009) Review of 'Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia'. [Review]
2008
McMaster, Irene (2008) Review of 'Subregional Economic Cooperation In Central and Eastern Europe: The Political Economy of CEFTA'. [Review]
European Commission, Brussels (Funder); Bachtler, J.F. and Polverari, Laura and Oraze, H. and Clement, K. and Gross, F. and McMaster, I. and Todtling-Schonhofer, H. and Naylon, I.. (2008) Ex post evaluation of the management and implementation of cohesion policy 2000-06 (ERDF). European Policies Research Centre.
McMaster, Irene (2008) Ireland : (2002-2007). University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
McMaster, Irene (2008) The New EU Member States 2004-2008. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
2007
Bachtler, John and Ferry, Martin and Mendez, Carlos and McMaster, Irene (2007) The 2007-13 operational programmes: a preliminary assessment: Spring – Autumn 2005. European Policies Research Centre.
Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene (2007) EU cohesion policy and the role of the regions : investigating the influence of structural funds in the new member states. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26 (2). pp. 398-427. ISSN 1472-3425
Bachtler, J.F. and McMaster, I. (2007) Sustainable growth, competitiveness and employment: will EU cohesion policy deliver on the Lisbon strategy? Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 65 (4). pp. 259-274. ISSN 0034-0111
2006
Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene (2006) Structural funds management and capacity building. In: European Week of Cities and Regions, 2006-10-11 - 2006-10-11.
McMaster, Irene (2006) Update of the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme. In: Northern Periphery Annual Conference, 2006-06-09 - 2006-06-09.
McMaster, Irene (2006) Evaluation cultures in the EU member states. In: Latvian Ministry of Finance conference 'The EU Funds Evaluation: Experience and Opportunities', 2006-03-03 - 2006-03-03.
McMaster, I. (2006) Czech regional development agencies in a shifting institutional and policy landscape. Europe-Asia Studies, 58 (3). pp. 347-370. ISSN 0966-8136
McMaster, I. (2006) Interpreting the course of privatisation in the Czech Republic : a path dependency approach. Policy and Politics, 34 (1). pp. 153-172. ISSN 0305-5736
Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene and Mendez, Carlos (2006) Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland cross corder territorial cooperation programme 2007–2013 : Development of a Joint Strategic Approach on Behalf of Scottish Partners, First Interim Report to Scotland Europa, Glasgow. European Policies Research Centre.
McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John and Vironen, Heidi and Gross, Frederike (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. EPRC.
McMaster, Irene and Novotny, V. (2006) Review of ‘Rise and Decline of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe’. [Review]
Polverari, Laura and McMaster, Irene and Gross, Frederike and Bachtler, John and Ferry, Martin and Yuill, Douglas (2006) Strategic planning for structural funds in 2007-2013. A review of strategies and programmes. In: 20th IQ-Net Conference, 2006-06-25 - 2006-06-27.
2005
Bachtler, John and Gross, Tobias and McMaster, Irene (2005) Delivering the Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas. In: UK Presidency Conference “Regional and Rural Development Programmes (2007-2013): Delivering the Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas”, 2005-11-07 - 2005-11-08.
McMaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2005) Implementing structural funds in the new member states: ten policy challenges. In: European Week of Regions and Cities - Open Day 2005, 2005-10-12 - 2005-10-12.
McMaster, Irene (2005) Country reports : Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Latvia. In: EPRC Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe Conference, 2005-04-24 - 2005-04-26.
McMaster, Irene and Novotny, V. (2005) Implementation and management of EU cohesion funds. In: EPRC Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe Conference, 2005-04-24 - 2005-04-26.
Ferry, M. and McMaster, I. (2005) Implementing structural funds in Polish and Czech regions: convergence, variation, empowerment? Regional and Federal Studies, 15 (1). pp. 19-39. ISSN 1359-7566
Bachtler, John and Mendez, Carlos and McMaster, Irene and Wishlade, Fiona (2005) Programming with an uncertain future : review of programme developments: Autumn 2004 – Spring 2005. European Policies Research Centre.
Ferry, M. and McMaster, I.; (2005) Regional governance in industrial regions in Central and Eastern Europe: case study of Moravia, Silesia and Upper Silesia. In: Regionalism Contested: Institution, Society and Governance. Ashgate, pp. 177-200. ISBN 0-7546-4361-1
Bachtler, John and McMaster, Irene (2005) Regional policy, territorial cooperation, and the future of Nordic-Scottish cooperation : Report to Highlands and Islands Enterprise. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Polverari, Laura and McMaster, Irene (2005) Territorial cohesion and new cohesion policy : challenges for old and new member states. In: 1st ESPON Scientific Conference, 2005-10-01.
Polverari, Laura and McMaster, Irene and Gross, Frederike (2005) A strategic approach to cohesion? Developing 2007-2013 strategies. In: 19th IQ-Net Conference, 2005-11-30 - 2005-12-02.
2004
Yuill, Douglas and Ferry, Martin and McMaster, Irene (2004) Regional policy in the shadow of reform : a comparative overview of recent policy developments in the member states and Norway. In: 25th meeting of the EoRPA Consortium of EU Member States (and Norway), 2004-10-03 - 2004-10-05.
Kunkel, K and Mcmaster, Irene and Zillmer, S (2004) Regional conditions in the candidate countries in relation to ESDP objectives. Preprint / Working Paper. IRS Leibniz - Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Leibniz.
Mcmaster, Irene (2004) From regional deficit to institutional overload? : regional policy in the Czech Republic. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Mcmaster, Irene (2004) Review of 'Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Territorial Outlook 2001 edition'. [Review]
Mcmaster, Irene and Bachtler, John (2004) Ex-ante analysis of the influence of structural pre-accession aid and the structural funds on balanced territorial development in the EU territory : ESPON 2.2.2 pre-accession aid impact analysis, third interim report. Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung, Berlin.
2003
McMaster, Irene and Ferry, Martin (2003) Regional governance in industrial regions in Central and Eastern Europe : case study of Moravia Silesia. In: Regional Studies Association Conference 2003, 2003-04-12 - 2003-04-15.
Ferry, Martin and Mcmaster, Irene (2003) Implication of EU regional assistance programmes in Moravia-Silesia and Upper Silesia. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Paisley, Paisley.
2001
Mcmaster, Irene (2001) Privatisation in central and eastern Europe : what made the Czech Republic so distinctive? Other. University of Strathclyde.
McMaster, Irene and Yuill, Douglas (2001) Benchmarking regional policy in Europe : national regional policies. In: International Senior Policymaker Conference 'Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe, 2001-09-09 - 2001-09-12.
Mcmaster, Irene (2001) Review of 'The Czech Republic a Nation of Velvet'. [Review]
2000
Weise, C and Bachtler, John and Downes, R. and Mcmaster, Irene and Toepel, K (2000) The impact of enlargement on cohesion. European Commission, Brussels.