Tom Broekel
@tbroekel.bsky.social
Professor of Economic Geography, RWTH Aachen, #regional #economics, #geography, #innovation studies, #regional science, #complexity, #news, social network analysis, #EconSky
Für den Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsgeographie an der RWTH Aachen suchen wir eine Doktorandin bzw. einen Doktoranden (m/w/d) als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin bzw. wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (70 %, TV-L E13). #Promotion #PhD #Wirtschaftsgeographie #Narrative #RWTHAachen #EconGeoSky #EconDSky
What a day to travel through the Netherlands and Germany ...
A plan for Europe to not fall behind in quantum computing the same way that it missed out in the AI revolution : andrearenda.substack.com/p/can-europe...
Can Europe Leap on Quantum?
A decalogue on what to do, and not do, to success in the forthcoming quantum age*
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The fjord is relatively rough, but still a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon ride.
This new paper provides economic evidence for Humboldt's ideal of uniting research and teaching. Students exposed to courses closer to the research frontier are more likely to complete their degrees, earn higher grades, attend graduate school, and achieve higher earnings later on.
It's been a long while, but finally, I found some time to go #kayaking again! I did enjoy every minute of it. It will be a short season and probably my last in Norway.
If we were to apply this to "regions", it would mean the end of Regional Science as we know it.
Okay folks, I think it's time that this blog post is finally written
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Zahl der Firmen mit innovativen Spitzenleistungen ist erneut geschrumpft, während es mehr innovationsschwache Unternehmen gibt. Angesichts dessen braucht es eine klare Neuausrichtung der Innovationspolitik. makronom.de/die-innovati...
Die Innovationsdynamik der deutschen Unternehmen hat weiter nachgelassen
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Zahl der Firmen mit innovativen Spitzenleistungen ist erneut geschrumpft, während es mehr innovationsschwache Unternehmen gibt. Angesichts dessen braucht es eine klare Neua...
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Eigentlich ist es konsequent: Ein Investitutionsvermögen was kein Vermögen ist, wird nicht für Investitionen sondern für Konsum ausgegeben. So verschwindet dann auch das "Volk" aus Volksparteien. www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
Investitionen: So wird das Sondervermögen verplempert
Vor einem Jahr bewilligte der Bundestag ein riesiges Schuldenpaket für neue Investitionen. Eine Studie legt nahe: Das Geld wurde zu 95 Prozent zweckentfremdet.
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Awesome work by @michaelwiebe.bsky.social, identifying coding errors and empirical "issues" in the prominent #Moretti #AER paper, which claimed that inventors moving to agglomerations become more productive - it turns out to be unsupported by the data. A lot to learn from this exercise! #GeoInnoSky
🚨Replication alert🚨 I'm pleased to announce that my replication of Moretti (2021) is now accepted as a comment at AER. I find ten issues in the paper. My comment focuses on two major problems; in the appendix, I document eight (relatively) minor problems. 1/
@IABnews.bsky.social : Nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten kommt die Arbeitsmarktintegration ukrainischer Geflüchteter voran. Das ist eine positive Entwicklung. Es ist schwer verständlich, warum die Bundesregierung durch den geplanten Rechtskreiswechsel für neu eingereiste ukrainische Geflüchtete…
Did you know that you can get a daily update on regional economic sentiments for Germany on @bsky.app? Just follow @regens-regnes.bsky.social
RegNeS update (2026-02) Avg REGENS: 0.064 Eligible regions (b % 10 econ news): 331
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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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Die Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation hat heute ihr neues Gutachten 2026 dem Kanzler übergeben. Empfehlung: lesenswert! @bundestag.de Link zum PDF: www.e-fi.de/fileadmin/As...
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In der aktuellen Ausgabe der @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social findet sich eine kurze Vorstellung unserer Arbeit zum #REGENS-Index – dem ersten regionalen Sentiment-Index auf Basis aktueller Wirtschaftsnachrichten. Der Index misst ökonomische Stimmungslagen auf regionaler Ebene. #GeoInnoSky #EconSkyD
Da ist sie: unsere Podcastfolge zu #IchBinHanna! Wir sprechen über viele bekannte Dinge, aber diesmal mit Soundtrack. Danke an @danielkubiak.bsky.social und André Knabe für die Einladung! @amreibahr.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social
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
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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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.
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
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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.
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
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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/...
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
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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!
"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…
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