Nuri Yavan
nuriyavan.bsky.social
Nuri Yavan
@nuriyavan.bsky.social
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Coğrafya Bölümü, Ankara, Ekonomik Coğrafyacı, Bölgesel Kalkınma Uzmanı
(Professor of Economic Geography at Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey)
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#Devolution without local capacity is like a gift that cannot be used. Where local #institutions require improvements, targeted #investment, not mere #autonomy, is the main driver of #resilience.
Check my new paper with @rajkharel8.bsky.social in World Development: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
August 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Public R&D is meant to bridge Europe’s divides; instead, it shores up the winners.
@fitjar.bsky.social, in a thought-provoking article just out in Research Policy, finds that funding flows towards #regions rich in talent and infrastructure, exacerbating #inequality.
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
August 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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INSEAD Küresel Yetenek Rekabetçiliği Endeksi, 2013-2023: Türkiye vs. İsviçre
aykut.kibritcioglu.com/blog/2025/08...

#Yetenek #Beceri #BeşeriSermaye #Talent #Skill #HumanCapital #Türkiye #İsviçre #Switzerland
August 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Güney Kore Mucizesi Nasıl Gerçekleşti? Devlet, Sanayi ve Bir Kalkınma Modeli

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Güney Kore Mucizesi Nasıl Gerçekleşti? Devlet, Sanayi ve Bir Kalkınma Modeli
YouTube video by Kayıt Dışı İktisat - Ceyhun Elgin
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July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#AI is the crop that only few fields can grow. @markmuro1.bsky.social & ‪@shriyared.bsky.social find that two Bay cities bag 13% of #US AI hiring. They divide America into superstars and also-rans, revealing big adoption gaps.
Investment beyond the coasts is needed. www.brookings.edu/articles/map...
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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As the #EU drifts into discontent, it eyes dismantling its main tool for development & the one policy that binds its parts.
Cohesion is the scaffolding of the idea of #Europe & the key to unlocking the continent’s untapped potential
ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
July 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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In 2012 and 2013, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing redirected his $3 million performance bonuses to 10,000 of the company’s employees. The amount received per employee was $314. This gesture was made to recognize their contributions in Lenovo’s success.

#CorporateLeadership #EmployeeRecognition #Lenovo
July 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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So pleased to win the best paper award this year 🎉 at CJRES @cjres.bsky.social for 'Who gets left behind by left behind places'. ICYMI, paper is here doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
July 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Cohesion once let regions set their future; the new budget folds #Cohesion into a packed mega-envelope.
Empowerment & democracy are swapped for compliance.
When one in three voters flirts with Euroscepticism, this is political arson.
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
July 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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📚🆕 Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science is out w contributions from our members @giubreglia.bsky.social , Carlo Caporali, @dariadenti.bsky.social, @pfaggy.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social 🌍​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science
This thematic Encyclopedia explores the multifaceted world of regional science, presenting a systematic and coherent overview of its central topics. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the f...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Celebrating @ronboschma.bsky.social: Vautrin Lud laureate and now now reigning atop the #IDEAS #RePEc economists' ranking as the world's top economic geographer.
Excellence & resilience in life arise from close, creative alliances, leading to both long-lasting friendships & academic triumphs.
July 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Brain scan study of ChatGPT users indicates that ChatCPT reduces brain connectivity. Also: In educational settings ChatGPT users who are forced to write w/o the AI tool perform worse than people who never used AI at all
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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To see Economic Geography reach an 8.9 impact factor, with “The Regional Development Trap in Europe” (doi.org/10.1080/0013...) leading citations, is both an editorial & intellectual vindication.
It is also a fantastic way to bow out after 16 great years as editor.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rec...
June 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Can industrial policy ignore #geography? #Westminster tried. South #Wales had a world-class chip cluster. It got neglect, not strategy.
Thought-provoking case study by Lang, Huggins & Munday in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/2162...
May 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Policy failure often begins with who gets picked.
Caravaggio, Resce & Vaquero-Piñero use AI in their Socio-Economic Planning Sciences paper to predict #EU #rural fund recipients
They show that fortune still favours the firm, if it’s in the mountains 😄.
doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
May 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Forget Guangzhou. It’s #trade with Brussels, Bordeaux, Bavaria or other regions in your country or the #EU that deepen #inequality in #Europe.
Intra-EU trade, not #globalisation, is the true driver.
My new paper with @martinapardy.bsky.social in Growth & Change
doi.org/10.1111/grow...
June 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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#Europe’s real divide isn’t ideological—it’s spatial. Not left right but centre/periphery, dynamic/stagnant. #Nawrocki’s win reflects that when local voices are stunted, the #EU project falters.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...
doi.org/10.14746/qua...
June 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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In under two years, ChatGPT accumulated about 365 billion annual searches, a milestone that took Google 11 years to achieve . This meteoric rise highlights how quickly AI tools are being embraced worldwide.

(Nate B. Jones on Mary Meeker's AI Report)
June 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The theory that a rising tide lifts all boats has capsized.
From #climate backlash to democratic strain, ignoring place is undermining progress.
The @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @oecdlocal.bsky.social's new report offers the soluton: intelligent localisation for better futures
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Place-Based Policies for the Future
Across the OECD and EU, persistent spatial disparities in economic, social and environmental outcomes are being amplified by megatrends, risks and shocks—climate change, technological change, globalis...
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May 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social explains why the centralized nature of the social media ecosystem, which puts an enormous amount of power in the hands of a few platforms, is a threat to democracy — and why AI may be headed in the same direction.
May 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1: IMF’den Önce Düyun-u Umumiye ile Başlayan Ekonomik Esaretin Hikayesi

Bugün 10 bölüm süreceğini düşündüğüm bir yayın serisine başlıyoruz. Türkiye İktisat Tarihi...

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Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1: IMF’den Önce Düyun-u Umumiye ile Başlayan Ekonomik Esaretin Hikayesi
YouTube video by Kayıt Dışı İktisat - Ceyhun Elgin
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May 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy.

Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.

Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.

Sharing in solidarity x

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle University compulsory job cut fears grow amid £4.2m savings shortfall
As industrial action continues, union bosses continue their plea with Newcastle University chiefs to reject any potential compulsory job losses
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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How researchers at Bocconi guessed the Pope using network analysis ⬇️

www.unibocconi.it/en/news/netw...
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM