Ron Boschma
@ronboschma.bsky.social
Professor of Regional Economics at Utrecht University | Professor of Innovation Studies at Stavanger University | Vautrin Lud prize winner 2024
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#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base.
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Regional development traps in Europe: a study of occupational trajectories of regions
Abstract. This paper presents an evolutionary perspective on regional development traps that centres around the structural inability of regions to develop
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November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base.
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
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‼️DEADLINE IS APPROACHING - APPLY NOW‼️
Winter School #Geography of #Innovation
by University of Pavia & Bocconi University
held in Pavia on 📅 February 2-6, 2026
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#Deadline: October 15, 2025
@ronboschma.bsky.social @dariodiodato.bsky.social @jeromevicente.bsky.social
Winter School #Geography of #Innovation
by University of Pavia & Bocconi University
held in Pavia on 📅 February 2-6, 2026
👉 lnkd.in/dNFsBmCW
#Deadline: October 15, 2025
@ronboschma.bsky.social @dariodiodato.bsky.social @jeromevicente.bsky.social
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October 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‼️DEADLINE IS APPROACHING - APPLY NOW‼️
Winter School #Geography of #Innovation
by University of Pavia & Bocconi University
held in Pavia on 📅 February 2-6, 2026
👉 lnkd.in/dNFsBmCW
#Deadline: October 15, 2025
@ronboschma.bsky.social @dariodiodato.bsky.social @jeromevicente.bsky.social
Winter School #Geography of #Innovation
by University of Pavia & Bocconi University
held in Pavia on 📅 February 2-6, 2026
👉 lnkd.in/dNFsBmCW
#Deadline: October 15, 2025
@ronboschma.bsky.social @dariodiodato.bsky.social @jeromevicente.bsky.social
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Competitiveness thrives on cohesion, not concentration.
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
October 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Competitiveness thrives on cohesion, not concentration.
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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"A boycott is in place until further notice."
Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel.
This is the result of strategic, ethical work by students & university staff.
Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel.
This is the result of strategic, ethical work by students & university staff.
September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"A boycott is in place until further notice."
Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel.
This is the result of strategic, ethical work by students & university staff.
Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel.
This is the result of strategic, ethical work by students & university staff.
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Secondly, while average workers’ payroll taxes have fallen, the UK has become increasingly reliant on the payments of the richest taxpayers.
The top 1% now pay 29% of the total tax bill, up from 11% in 1980
6/7
The top 1% now pay 29% of the total tax bill, up from 11% in 1980
6/7
March 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Secondly, while average workers’ payroll taxes have fallen, the UK has become increasingly reliant on the payments of the richest taxpayers.
The top 1% now pay 29% of the total tax bill, up from 11% in 1980
6/7
The top 1% now pay 29% of the total tax bill, up from 11% in 1980
6/7
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Your DNA sequence reveals a rare mutation. Will you get the disease, i.e. penetrance? A new study using machine learning predicts this across 10 common diseases, 1,600 genomic variants
New @science.org
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New @science.org
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August 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Your DNA sequence reveals a rare mutation. Will you get the disease, i.e. penetrance? A new study using machine learning predicts this across 10 common diseases, 1,600 genomic variants
New @science.org
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New @science.org
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Margaret Rossiter named a truth hidden in plain sight: the Matilda Effect—the systematic erasure of women’s achievements in science. Her three-volume Women Scientists in America proved their exclusion wasn’t because of individual failures but of systemic barriers into the structure of science itself
August 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Margaret Rossiter named a truth hidden in plain sight: the Matilda Effect—the systematic erasure of women’s achievements in science. Her three-volume Women Scientists in America proved their exclusion wasn’t because of individual failures but of systemic barriers into the structure of science itself
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The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
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Breaking News: President Trump moved to fire the official in charge of jobs data, claiming, without evidence, that labor numbers were being “manipulated.”
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Manipulated,’ Moves to Fire Labor Official
Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Breaking News: President Trump moved to fire the official in charge of jobs data, claiming, without evidence, that labor numbers were being “manipulated.”
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📢 Call for Editors
We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies.
Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed...
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies.
Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed...
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
August 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📢 Call for Editors
We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies.
Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed...
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies.
Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed...
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
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
#CorporateLeadership #EmployeeRecognition #Lenovo
July 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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
#CorporateLeadership #EmployeeRecognition #Lenovo
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BBB blokkeert.
Een mengeling van recalcitrantie, incompetentie en een afzichtelijk gebrek aan verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel - kortom alles wat ons land inmiddels hopeloos op achterstand heeft gezet.
Lees en huiver: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pow...
Een mengeling van recalcitrantie, incompetentie en een afzichtelijk gebrek aan verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel - kortom alles wat ons land inmiddels hopeloos op achterstand heeft gezet.
Lees en huiver: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pow...
Powerplay bewindspersonen BBB: landbouwpost in Rome blijft voorlopig leeg
Nederland heeft op dit moment geen permanent vertegenwoordiger bij drie VN-organisaties in Rome. De belangrijkste buitenlandse landbouwpost is vacant, omdat de BBB-bewindspersonen weigeren de door amb...
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July 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
BBB blokkeert.
Een mengeling van recalcitrantie, incompetentie en een afzichtelijk gebrek aan verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel - kortom alles wat ons land inmiddels hopeloos op achterstand heeft gezet.
Lees en huiver: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pow...
Een mengeling van recalcitrantie, incompetentie en een afzichtelijk gebrek aan verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel - kortom alles wat ons land inmiddels hopeloos op achterstand heeft gezet.
Lees en huiver: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pow...
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This is very worrying. Making offering a "bowl of soup" to someone without legal papers a criminal offense. In times of far-right political experimentation, Dutch politics can ill afford a parliamentary "slip-up". It’s up to the Senate now to demonstrate its purpose of chambre de reflexion.
The proposed Dutch law criminalising assistance to migrants
A critical analysis, by Huub Verbaten - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-du...
A critical analysis, by Huub Verbaten - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-du...
A Dutch dangerous experiment in criminalizing compassion: How a parliamentary "slip-up" could create Europe's harshest migration law
Huub Verbaten , Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute Photo credit : Markus Bernet, via Wikimedia commons On the evening of Jul...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is very worrying. Making offering a "bowl of soup" to someone without legal papers a criminal offense. In times of far-right political experimentation, Dutch politics can ill afford a parliamentary "slip-up". It’s up to the Senate now to demonstrate its purpose of chambre de reflexion.
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@royalsociety.org here is your man, Elon Musk.
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
@royalsociety.org here is your man, Elon Musk.
When you go without food for a while, your body starts a powerful cleaning process that scientists call autophagy. Cells build special containers to trap junk, break it down, and reuse the useful bits for energy. A little hunger gives your body the chance to do its own internal spring cleaning.
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When you go without food for a while, your body starts a powerful cleaning process that scientists call autophagy. Cells build special containers to trap junk, break it down, and reuse the useful bits for energy. A little hunger gives your body the chance to do its own internal spring cleaning.
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The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.
June 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.
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
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...
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June 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.
June 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.
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"The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program that promotes international educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was political interference by the Trump administration in their operations..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program that promotes international educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was political interference by the Trump administration in their operations..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...