Contents: Foreword: EU Cohesion Policy an Interdisciplinary Approach xix Preface xxi 1 Introduction to EU Cohesion Policy: A Multidisciplinary Approach 1 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk PART I DISCIPLINARY GENEALOGIES 2 The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regional economic development to the place-based approach 10 Piotr Idczak, Ida Musiałkowska and Dagmara Kociuba 3 Regional economic theories as drivers of the EU Cohesion Policy 30 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi and Christian Oberst 4 A legal perspective on the origins and evolution of the EU Cohesion Policy 47 Serafin Pazos-Vidal 5 The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy: insights into its genealogy, evolution, and future potential 65 Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado 6 Quality of life, Cohesion Policy, and the European social model 84 Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins PART II ASSESSING WHAT WORKS 7 Evaluation experience from the EU Cohesion Policy 100 Oto Potluka 8 The economic impacts of Cohesion Policy 114 Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua 9 Financial engineering instruments: implementation, governance challenges and lessons learned 125 Claudia Gloazzo 10 Financial engineering instruments for urban investments 145 Piotr Idczak 11 The sub-regional dimension of European local development policies 161 Alberto Bramanti and Paolo Rosso PART III THE ‘WHEN’ AND ‘WHERE’ OF COHESION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 12 Smart specialisation strategy: a territorial governance perspective 180 Sebastien Bourdin 13 The environmental and sustainable development perspective 193 Silvia Grandi and Federico Martellozzo 14 A cross-border perspective on European local and regional development policies 213 Alberto Bramanti and Paula Tulppo 15 Relationship between civil society and Cohesion Policy 229 Oto Potluka 16 Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy programmes: a geofinance and multilevel perspective 241 Paula Tulppo and Silvia Grandi PART IV LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE CHALLENGES 17 Future perspective: from multi-level to multi-layered Cohesion Policy 256 Serafin Pazos-Vidal 18 Partnerships in Cohesion Policy for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth: an operational framework for effective multi-level policy implementation 275 Mattia Casula, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti 19 Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe 292 John Bachtler, Sebastien Bourdin and Martin Ferry 20 Integrating EU climate action into Cohesion Policy: instruments, developments and challenges 311 Ekaterina Domorenok 21 Cooperate to survive: a new age of policies for cohesion 329 Kai Böhme and Maria Toptsidou PART V CONCLUSIONS 22 Lessons learnt and main messages 344 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk Index