South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

Ian Bache joined the Department as Lecturer in 1999 and became Senior Lecturer in 2003, Reader in 2006 and Professor in 2009. He took his first degree in Politics and Parliamentary Studies at the University of Leeds and gained research experience working in the House of Commons, the US Congress and for a UK/EU public sector interest group before completing an MA in International Studies and PhD (on the Politics of EU Regional Policy) at the University of Sheffield. Most recently he completed a part-time MEd in Teaching and Learning at the University of Sheffield in 2004. His main research areas are the European Union, British politics and regional and local governance. He has published widely on EU regional policy, governance and multi-level governance and, more recently, on education in Britain and Europe.