Marcin Dabrowski

An ambitious and experienced public policy researcher with outstanding analytical skills, growing track record of peer-reviewed publications and commitment to applied research contributing to management and policy practice. Demonstrable in-depth knowledge in the areas of regional and local development, strategic planning, innovation policy, transport policy as well as EU politics . First-class communication, teamwork, organisation and language skills (English, French, Polish, Spanish) with the will and determination to succeed.

Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on "Effectiveness, added value and future of EU cohesion policy."

Currently working on:
- a comparative study on the impacts of EU structural funds in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland;
- EU transport policy;
- EU cohesion policy's financial engineering instruments: implementation of JESSICA and JASPERS in Central and Eastern Europe.

Selected publications:

2012, ‘Europeanizing sub-national governance: partnership in the implementation of EU Structural Funds in Poland,’ Regional Studies. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2011.628931

2011,‘Regional Development Agencies in Central and Eastern European Countries: the case of Hungary,’ Regions, 284, Winter 2011, pp. 20-22.

2011, Partnership in implementation of the Structural Funds in Poland: 'shallow' adjustment or internalization of the European mode of cooperative governance?, EIF Working Paper Series, 05/2011.

2010, ‘Institutional Change, Partnership and Regional Networks: Civic Engagement and the Implementation of the Structural Funds in Poland.’ In N. Adams, G. Cotella, R. Nunes (eds.), Territorial Development, Cohesion and Spatial Planning: Building on EU Enlargement, London: Routledge (Regions and Cities series), pp. 205-228.

2008, ‘La mise en œuvre des fonds structurels en Pologne : l’influence européenne, le poids du passé et l’apprentissage collectif,’ Revue d’Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 39(3), pp. 145-170.

2008, ‘Structural Funds as a driver for institutional change in Poland,’ Europe-Asia Studies, 60(2), pp. 227-248.

2007, ‘Implementing Structural Funds in Poland: Institutional Change and Participation of the Civil Society,’ Political Perspectives (Special Issue, EPRU 2007: European Integration and the Member State: New Directions in Research), 1(2).

2007, ‘Les Polonais face à la mondialisation’ (with François Bafoil). In Elvire Fabry (ed.), Les européens face à la mondialisation. Sondage international, analyses qualitatives comparées, Paris : Kairos-Future – Fondation pour l’innovation politique, pp. 217-249.


Selected conference papers:

Dabrowski, Marcin (6.09.2011) The impact of EU cohesion policy on the policy practices of sub-national authorities in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Vortrag: UACES Annual Conference 2011 (UACES), Cambridge/UNITED KINGDOM.

Dabrowski, Marcin (26.08.2011) Imposing cooperation: horizontal partnership as part of EU cohesion policy programs in Polish, Czech and Hungarian regions. Vortrag: 6th ECPR General Conference (ECPR), Reykjavik/ICELAND.

Dabrowski, Marcin (18.04.2011) The Impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the Polish Sub-National Actors: Shallow or Deep Change?. Vortrag: RSA Annual International Conference 2011 (RSA), Newcastle/UNITED KINGDOM.

Dabrowski, Marcin (17.03.2011) EU cohesion policy and the changing patterns of governance in Central and Eastern European member states: the case of Poland. Vortrag: What Future for Cohesion Policy? An Academic and Policy Debate (RSA), Bled/SLOVENIA.

Dabrowski, Marcin (15.03.2011) EU cohesion policy and the changing patterns of governance in Central and Eastern European member states: the case of Poland. Vortrag: Workshop on EU cohesion policy (CERI Sciences Po), Paris/FRANCE.