Tom Broekel

@tbroekel.bsky.social

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Professor in Regional Innovation, University of Stavanger Business School, #regional #economics, #geography, #innovation studies, #regional science, #complexity, #news, social network analysis, #EconSky

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Published in JoEG: REGENS: a new index tracking regional economic sentiment in real time, based on millions of geolocated news headlines.
Possibly the first up-to-date regional sentiment index linking media stories to regional development and Evolutionary Economic Geography.
doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, had that too as the editor decided to bring in a new reviewer...

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Daniel Kubiak @danielkubiak.bsky.social · 3d

Dazu ab Sonntag auch die neue Folge bei Musi*Sociology
mit @amreibahr.bsky.social @drkeichhorn.bsky.social und @kubon.bsky.social zu #ichbinhanna und #95Thesen zum #WissZeitVG
musisociology-podcast.podigee.io

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 5d

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 6d

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 20d

The solution seems simple enough, doesn't it? #Greenland

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 24d

And it nicely illustrates why an integrated electricity grid could help smoothen electricity demand over a full day.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 18

Something like that - yep

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 18

It has been a while since I've shared a #kayaking pic, so, here's one ... and a rainbow!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Oct 15

WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 13

If the Nobel Committee truly intended to recognize the formalization of Schumpeter’s concept of creative destruction, they might at least have included Sidney Winter, with Dick Nelson (sadly) no longer among us.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 12

Yep, the difference still shows in the small things ...

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 12

The only disappointing thing in this setting - a baguette.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Oct 11

Fresh, colorful autumn forest and a Bratwurst (technically a Krakauer). Perfect combination.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 20

The team! Hard to find another location with such a concentration of expertise in this topic.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 18

Are you interested in exploring #innovation from a spatial perspective? Check this position out and join our amazing team in Stavanger! #geoinno #geosky #geoinnosky www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Fellowship in Innovation and Regional Studies (285983) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Innovation and Regional Studies (285983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, October 16, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Sep 14

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, held local elections today. Support for AfD up but at 15% well below party's national polling. And lower among the young: 5th place on 11% among under-25s, who also delivered a smaller swing towards the party than did older generations.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 14

No, it is not wrong, they really try to make it as comparable as possible. Obviously, there are a lot of deviations and approximations. Comparisons across systems are really difficult. I find it pretty interesting.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Der Index kontrolliert nicht für die Größe der Institutionen, d.h. absolute Größe ist hier die Kernaussage.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sprich, es werden für verbeamtet Professoren der implizite Erwerb der Pensionsansprüche berücksichtigt sowie die Unterstützung zur Krankenversicherung

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 14

Imputed social benefits are added to gross salary. The imputation uses the standard contribution rates from the OECD Taxing Wages model (for a single worker, age 40, no children), applied to the gross salary.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 13

164000 für eine Professur wirkt schon arg hoch, vor allem, wenn das ein Mittelwert sein soll. Leider verteilt sich die Methodik über mehrere PDFs. Aber vielleicht hat ja sich ja schon jemand durchgewühlt?

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 13

The worst are the self-citations ...

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Next time you are in Stavanger- let me know and we'll make it happen.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out a brief introduction to the index on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/feelin...

Feeling the heartbeat of regions - through local news

Excited to share that my latest (single-authored) paper is now published in the Journal of Economic Geography: 📄 “Feeling the Heartbeat of Regions: Local News and Economic Sentiments” 🔗 https://doi.or...

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

The index shows promising lead (forecasting) relations with monthly regional unemployment rates and annual GDP. More importantly, it opens up new ways to trace economic transitions, local narratives, and policy-relevant developments.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check it out:

📰 Data: 20+ million headlines from the RegNeS database
🤖 Methods: BERT, contrastive learning, geolocation
📊 Explore the index: www.tombroekel.de/regens/
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...

#media #geography #regionalnews #regens #sentiments #geoinno

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Jan 4

“For many, it’s a symbol of benign indulgence, but the truth is sobering: alcohol is a leading cause of preventable death, linked to everything from strokes to car crashes. The recently announced surgeon general’s call for warning labels on alcoholic beverages underscores this reality”