Tom Broekel
@tbroekel.bsky.social
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/...
Possibly the first up-to-date regional sentiment index linking media stories to regional development and Evolutionary Economic Geography.
doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...
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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/... 🧪
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
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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/... 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
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.
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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.
Fresh, colorful autumn forest and a Bratwurst (technically a Krakauer). Perfect combination.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fresh, colorful autumn forest and a Bratwurst (technically a Krakauer). Perfect combination.
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
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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...
Reposted by Tom Broekel
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.
September 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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.
Reposted by Tom Broekel
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...: Great work by @tbroekel.bsky.social
Feeling the heartbeat of regions: local news and economic sentiments
Abstract. Timely and spatially detailed indicators of regional economic activity are limited. This article introduces the Regional Economic News Sentiments
academic.oup.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...: Great work by @tbroekel.bsky.social
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/...
Possibly the first up-to-date regional sentiment index linking media stories to regional development and Evolutionary Economic Geography.
doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...
July 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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/...
Possibly the first up-to-date regional sentiment index linking media stories to regional development and Evolutionary Economic Geography.
doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...
What an honor to be listed among the top 100 Economic Geographers by #reprec in terms of an aggregate of citations and publication metrics. While the list should not be over-interpreted (lots of missing persons), it is nevertheless something I will celebrate. ideas.repec.org/top/top.geo.... 💡
Economics Field Rankings: Economic Geography | IDEAS/RePEc
ideas.repec.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What an honor to be listed among the top 100 Economic Geographers by #reprec in terms of an aggregate of citations and publication metrics. While the list should not be over-interpreted (lots of missing persons), it is nevertheless something I will celebrate. ideas.repec.org/top/top.geo.... 💡
Leaving for summer (but not yet vacation). I am already looking forward to coming back to my wonderful office at @unistavanger.bsky.social in August!
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Leaving for summer (but not yet vacation). I am already looking forward to coming back to my wonderful office at @unistavanger.bsky.social in August!
Reposted by Tom Broekel
"The mainstream reports critically on Republicans and Democrats while the right-wing outlets are critical only of Democrats. It’s a huge factor in understanding our broken politics," writes @dankennedy.net
Pew media study confirms that polarization is mainly a right-wing phenomenon
Surveys in which people are asked whether they trust the media invariably come to two conclusions: (1) Despite findings that show widespread distrust, people actually do trust the news sources they…
dankennedy.net
June 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"The mainstream reports critically on Republicans and Democrats while the right-wing outlets are critical only of Democrats. It’s a huge factor in understanding our broken politics," writes @dankennedy.net
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Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]
May 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]
Getting ready for the #RSA2025 in #Porto. I was looking for a smoothie, but eventually had to settle for a more traditional dish. @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Getting ready for the #RSA2025 in #Porto. I was looking for a smoothie, but eventually had to settle for a more traditional dish. @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social
My favorite place to relax and re-energize. #HomeIsWhereYourHarzIs #Harz
April 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My favorite place to relax and re-energize. #HomeIsWhereYourHarzIs #Harz
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🍺 Heute ist #TagdesDeutschenBieres!
Denn seit 23. April 1516 gilt das Reinheitsgebot: Wasser, Malz, #Hopfen, Hefe. Mehr braucht’s nicht.
Unsere Karte zeigt, wo in Deutschland der Hopfen 🌱 wächst – und für alle Weinliebhaber: Die Weinanbaugebiete 🍷 gibt’s als Bonus obendrauf.
#Bier
Denn seit 23. April 1516 gilt das Reinheitsgebot: Wasser, Malz, #Hopfen, Hefe. Mehr braucht’s nicht.
Unsere Karte zeigt, wo in Deutschland der Hopfen 🌱 wächst – und für alle Weinliebhaber: Die Weinanbaugebiete 🍷 gibt’s als Bonus obendrauf.
#Bier
April 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🍺 Heute ist #TagdesDeutschenBieres!
Denn seit 23. April 1516 gilt das Reinheitsgebot: Wasser, Malz, #Hopfen, Hefe. Mehr braucht’s nicht.
Unsere Karte zeigt, wo in Deutschland der Hopfen 🌱 wächst – und für alle Weinliebhaber: Die Weinanbaugebiete 🍷 gibt’s als Bonus obendrauf.
#Bier
Denn seit 23. April 1516 gilt das Reinheitsgebot: Wasser, Malz, #Hopfen, Hefe. Mehr braucht’s nicht.
Unsere Karte zeigt, wo in Deutschland der Hopfen 🌱 wächst – und für alle Weinliebhaber: Die Weinanbaugebiete 🍷 gibt’s als Bonus obendrauf.
#Bier
With Torben Klarl, I’ve published the study "The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with economic growth" tracing the long-run evolution of technological #complexity in the #US over 170 years of #patent data.
The article is here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#GeoInnoSky
The article is here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#GeoInnoSky
April 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
With Torben Klarl, I’ve published the study "The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with economic growth" tracing the long-run evolution of technological #complexity in the #US over 170 years of #patent data.
The article is here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#GeoInnoSky
The article is here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#GeoInnoSky
Reposted by Tom Broekel
The EU forest sink is getting much weaker, with some major revisions based on updated data, particularly from Germany.
LULUCF in 2020 was -270MtCO2, but is now -220MtCO2 (approx the same in 2010). The EU has a target of -300MtCO2!
See details of the German revision:
bsky.app/profile/robb...
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LULUCF in 2020 was -270MtCO2, but is now -220MtCO2 (approx the same in 2010). The EU has a target of -300MtCO2!
See details of the German revision:
bsky.app/profile/robb...
2/2
April 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The EU forest sink is getting much weaker, with some major revisions based on updated data, particularly from Germany.
LULUCF in 2020 was -270MtCO2, but is now -220MtCO2 (approx the same in 2010). The EU has a target of -300MtCO2!
See details of the German revision:
bsky.app/profile/robb...
2/2
LULUCF in 2020 was -270MtCO2, but is now -220MtCO2 (approx the same in 2010). The EU has a target of -300MtCO2!
See details of the German revision:
bsky.app/profile/robb...
2/2
Reposted by Tom Broekel
Evidence of US brain drain?
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Evidence of US brain drain?
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
One for all the #geographers out there! Projection!!!
April 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One for all the #geographers out there! Projection!!!
Reposted by Tom Broekel
My survey class on the history of science is essentially about the social conditions required for science. The final lecture is always about how the US became the dominant nation for research in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and how it in retrospect it may be seen as an anomalous "Golden Age."
April 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My survey class on the history of science is essentially about the social conditions required for science. The final lecture is always about how the US became the dominant nation for research in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and how it in retrospect it may be seen as an anomalous "Golden Age."
Unrelated diversification in real life. #GeoInnoSky
April 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Unrelated diversification in real life. #GeoInnoSky
Can't believe how common smoking is (again) in #Germany. I thought that we have left that one behind? It is the first thing that hits you when you leave any mall, station, or shop in inner cities. #dislike
a woman in a red jacket is lighting a cigarette in front of a garage door
ALT: a woman in a red jacket is lighting a cigarette in front of a garage door
media.tenor.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bad Kreuznach - well worth a visit.
April 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bad Kreuznach - well worth a visit.
Good morning! Fortunately, stock prices are not everything.
April 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Good morning! Fortunately, stock prices are not everything.