Is anyone here working with (agentic) AI at an innovation agency? If so, it would be great to share experiences @fteval.bsky.social's upcoming conference, taking place in Vienna in February 2027. Check out SS5 on "Future Funding Governance: Funding organisations and agentic AI": tinyurl.com/p6chvk62

Der VOR hat die richtigen Ausflugstipps für Abkühlung an diesem Wochenende:

Vienna to Gothenburg. One of the crazier train ideas I’ve had recently. First up is the night train to Hamburg. It’s also my first time in an ÖBB Nightjet mini cabin. Let’s see how this goes.

Great talks are rare. This one by @13pt.com is great even just from the slides and the transcript. Lots of advice I'll be putting to use for my upcoming lecture this fall.

Voilà: Francis Gagnon@chezvoila.com · 2mo ago

How you give a talk is as important as its content. It is a form of information design. style.org/talk/

Die #AK hat 2025 zum dritten Mal den Essaypreis Stadt vs. Land ausgeschrieben. Preisverleihung 🎉 ▶️ 13. April 2026, ab 18.00 Uhr ▶️ 1040, Theresianumgasse 16-18, Clubraum Utopia Alle Infos 🔽

AK Essaypreis 2025: Stadt vs. Land

Wie unterschiedlich leben Stadt- und Landbewohner:innen? Der AK Essaypreis 2025 zeigt Antworten in ausgezeichneten Essays.

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New @rsablog.bsky.social ‘Beyond Agglomeration.’ Time to go beyond agglomeration as an organising principle in industrial strategy & take place seriously. @regionalstudies.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Beyond Agglomeration. Towards A Rethinking of Industrial Strategy? - RSA Main

In recent years, industrial strategy has returned to the centre of political and economic debate. Governments across advanced economies are once again asking how they can shape growth, support innovat...

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@florianaigner.at: Darf ich eine Physik-Frage stellen? Als Kind lernt man ja, Wasser und Strom verträgt sich nicht (Föhn in der Badewanne!!!). Jetzt hab ich bei den Temperaturen wieder mal gesehen, wie eine Lok die Oberleitung quasi aufgetaut hat: lautes Knistern und kleine blaue Blitze.

Thanks for sharing, Andrés!

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#Maps are the essence of #geography. Designed poorly, they silence data; designed well, they communicate powerfully and attract lots of attention. Read @jakobeder.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social blog on why graphicacy matters: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Many thanks to @regstud.bsky.social and @rsablog.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on designing better maps in academia. And to @cchlebna.bsky.social for encouragement and feedback.

RSA Blog@rsablog.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New RSA Blog 🗺️ Maps are powerful tools — but do we use their full potential? @jakobeder.bsky.social reflects on why visual literacy matters in geography & shares 5 simple tips for designing clearer, more engaging maps. 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

I’ve been reflecting on public transport in rural-peripheral regions over the past weeks. I’ve put my thoughts together in a longer post, you can read it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jakob-...

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Technische Störung: Klimaanlage, Schiebetüren und Reservierungsanzeige kaputt. Aber der Waggon ist schon mit dabei. Ich sitze darin.

The @economist.com‘s consumer survey definitely stands out compared to others I’ve taken in the past.

Embarking on a little train adventure over the next few days! First up: the ÖBB Nightjet 468 to Paris. A two-hour delay gave me an unexpected chance to take in the charm of Vienna Meidling station.

„Wer in großen Städten (…) 30 bis 40 Minuten öffentlich in die Arbeit pendelt, geht leer aus, am Land gibt es bereits für (…) kurze Distanzen Zuschüsse. Das große Pendlerpauschale – das nur dann zusteht, wenn öffentliche Verkehrsmittel unzumutbar sind – gibt es bereits ab (…) zwei Kilometern.“

Jakob Winter@winterjakob.bsky.social · last yr.

Wer sich mit den vielen, vielen Pendlerförderungen in diesem Land beschäftigt, den wundert es nicht mehr, wie dieses Land am budgetären Pannenstreifen landen konnte. Kurzversion: absurd.

This is a really good piece on the haves and have-nots of public higher education, using Western Illinois University as a case study. I'm worried about the future of rural higher education and rural America.

America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust

Enrollment is plummeting at lesser-known universities, taking down the local businesses they had fostered.

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Meistens reden wir vom Ausbau der Kinderbetreuung. In Ostdeutschland sind viele Einrichtungen aber nicht mehr voll. Gründe: 1) Geburtenrückgang und 2) Sparbudgets - Kinderbetreuungspersonal ist oft der größte Posten im Gemeindebudget:

Geburtenrückgang: Was ist schon ein Dorf ohne Kinder?

Die Geburtenzahlen sinken in ganz Deutschland, besonders stark aber im Osten. Welche fatalen Folgen der Kindermangel haben kann, sieht man im sächsischen Hirschstein.

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Schon gesehen, @lhaffert.bsky.social? Schöne Visualisierung für die Grünen als Innenstadtpartei auch in Wien. Und die Schwesterpartei von CDU/CSU, die ÖVP, ist auch in Österreich keine Großstadtpartei (mehr).

Jonas Vogt@l4ndvogt.bsky.social · last yr.

Auf orf.at kann man btw sehen, wie jede U6-Station gewählt hat. Wichtiges Feature (cc @gruenwald.bsky.social) orf.at/wahl/wien25/...

Trying this one again: Favourites? Anyone?

Jakob Eder@jakobeder.bsky.social · last yr.

Again aiming for the wisdom of the crowd: I am looking for scientific papers/publications with excellent #visualizations of their findings (charts, maps, ...). Not #dataviz-papers, but instead papers from other disciplines, applying the principles of #dataviz. Do you have any favourites?

Again aiming for the wisdom of the crowd: I am looking for scientific papers/publications with excellent #visualizations of their findings (charts, maps, ...). Not #dataviz-papers, but instead papers from other disciplines, applying the principles of #dataviz. Do you have any favourites?

Found it: It was the transcript with slides from a presentation by Jonathan Corum at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Health Sciences (@13pt.com). Limiting my Google results to pre2020 did the trick: style.org/ku/

Jakob Eder@jakobeder.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm looking for a talk on YouTube (?) from quite some time back. It was a presentation by a NYT staffer, showing how they make bad graphics from scientific papers better, i.e. digestable for the NYT audience. Any ideas? Maybe @mhernandez.bsky.social?

I'm looking for a talk on YouTube (?) from quite some time back. It was a presentation by a NYT staffer, showing how they make bad graphics from scientific papers better, i.e. digestable for the NYT audience. Any ideas? Maybe @mhernandez.bsky.social?

Lovely visual explainers of how charts can lie!

Nathan Yau@flowingdata.com · last yr.

Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

I also thought about using memes in my lecture, but wasn't sure if my students would find them as outdated as Simpson references. @jamoeberl.bsky.social encourages me to test some of the geography memes I already prepared:

Jakob-Moritz Eberl@jamoeberl.bsky.social · last yr.

After every class, I ask students for instant feedback to improve my lecture & revisit anything unclear. The top request? ‘We are Gen Z, we need more memes.’ So, #CommSky & #PolSky, I need your help—do you have any good ‘quanti methods’ memes for me? #ResearchDesigns #DataCollection #ResearchEthics

A lot can happen in 20 years

Es wird generell spannend, was Koralmbahn und Semmeringtunnel verkehrstechnisch für den Süden Österreichs alles verschieben werden... Mehr zur Vorgeschichte des Technik Campus Lienz auch in unserem Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Peter Plaikner@peterplaikner.bsky.social · 2y ago

And Now for Something Completely Different: Für Osttiroler liegt bald die Universität Graz näher als jene von Innsbruck. Ab der für Herbst geplanten Eröffnung der Koralmbahn dauert die Zugfahrt nur noch 2,5 Stunden. Das ist eine Herausforderung für Tirol als Hochschulstandort (@kleinezeitung.at).

I recently came across a publication with a map that showed European regions (NUTS2 or NUTS3) based on their challenges/potentials for sustainability transitions. It seems I didn't bookmark it, though. Any of you any ideas?

To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. 👇 yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...

YEGN WORKSHOP 2025

Apply now for the next workshop held at the University of Greifswald, Germany, August 25-28.

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I’m excited to share that I recently contributed a chapter titled “The Geographies of Innovation” to the Encyclopedia of Human Geography: dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-.... Let me know what you think - and thanks again for your early feedback, @cchlebna.bsky.social!

The Geographies of Innovation

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