ESRI Seminar: “Emerging From Recession? Future Prospects for The Irish Economy 2012 – 2020”

Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

Speaker: Dr John Bradley.

Dr John Bradley was formerly a Research Professor at the ESRI. He now works as an international research consultant in the areas of economic development strategies, with an emphasis on EU cohesion policy design and evaluation. He was responsible for the design and implementation of the HERMIN system of models used by DG-REGIO for the evaluation of the impact of Structural Funds.

His current research and consultancy activities focus mainly on the new EU member states and candidate states. He specialises in the examination of the development barriers facing these states and in the study of the role of inward investment and the impact of pre-accession and post-accession EU development aid (or “Structural Funds”) on these economies. He regularly acts as a consultant to the European Commission and to government ministries.