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Tom Broekel

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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/...

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 20d

The team! Hard to find another location with such a concentration of expertise in this topic.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 26d

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.

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 26d

No, it is not wrong, they really try to make it as comparable as possible. Obviously, there are a lot of deviations and approximations. Comparisons across systems are really difficult. I find it pretty interesting.

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 26d

Der Index kontrolliert nicht für die Größe der Institutionen, d.h. absolute Größe ist hier die Kernaussage.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 26d

Sprich, es werden für verbeamtet Professoren der implizite Erwerb der Pensionsansprüche berücksichtigt sowie die Unterstützung zur Krankenversicherung

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 26d

Imputed social benefits are added to gross salary. The imputation uses the standard contribution rates from the OECD Taxing Wages model (for a single worker, age 40, no children), applied to the gross salary.

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 27d

164000 für eine Professur wirkt schon arg hoch, vor allem, wenn das ein Mittelwert sein soll. Leider verteilt sich die Methodik über mehrere PDFs. Aber vielleicht hat ja sich ja schon jemand durchgewühlt?

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 27d

The worst are the self-citations ...

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 29d

Next time you are in Stavanger- let me know and we'll make it happen.

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out a brief introduction to the index on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/feelin...

Feeling the heartbeat of regions - through local news

Excited to share that my latest (single-authored) paper is now published in the Journal of Economic Geography: 📄 “Feeling the Heartbeat of Regions: Local News and Economic Sentiments” 🔗 https://doi.or...

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

The index shows promising lead (forecasting) relations with monthly regional unemployment rates and annual GDP. More importantly, it opens up new ways to trace economic transitions, local narratives, and policy-relevant developments.

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check it out:

📰 Data: 20+ million headlines from the RegNeS database
🤖 Methods: BERT, contrastive learning, geolocation
📊 Explore the index: www.tombroekel.de/regens/
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...

#media #geography #regionalnews #regens #sentiments #geoinno

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Jan 4

“For many, it’s a symbol of benign indulgence, but the truth is sobering: alcohol is a leading cause of preventable death, linked to everything from strokes to car crashes. The recently announced surgeon general’s call for warning labels on alcoholic beverages underscores this reality”

The surgeon general is right: America has a drinking problem

The alcohol industry relies on the myth of “responsible enjoyment” to downplay its products’ risks while spreading misinformation to stifle regulation.

www.statnews.com

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Nina Papadomanolaki (Παπαδομανωλάκη) (she/her) @nmpalanox.bsky.social · Jan 5

www.science.org/content/arti...

Shoddy commentaries—a quick and dirty route to higher impact numbers—are on the rise

AI-generated content floods literature with poor-quality publications, casts doubt on metrics, Science and Retraction Watch investigation finds

www.science.org

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 9

"Are ideas getting harder to find? No, researchers are just getting dumber on average."

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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · Jan 30

Very sad to hear that Dick Nelson has passed away (at 94).

Dick was a huge influence on me & a great friend of SPRU.

In his 80s he would fly over on the red-eye (economy) & come straight in to talk to PhD students.

He was an absolute intellectual giant & one of the kindest people I've ever met.

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Suyash Jolly @suyashjolly.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 9

Aber wenn es der Teamgeistbildung hilft? Wenn man den Gerüchten glauben schenkt, dann sind manche Weihnachtsfeiern ja eh gar nicht mehr so weit davon entfernt ;-)

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 9

Technically, I got one, but I rarely use it. I am an "office person" ;-)

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Jun 24

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!

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · Jun 20

"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

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 29

Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · May 10

Will I ever be able to leave #Porto again? Flight cancelled yesterday, today's replacement stuck due to "bad weather"? Unreal. #RSA2025

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · May 6

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

Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Apr 23

My favorite place to relax and re-energize. #HomeIsWhereYourHarzIs #Harz

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks. I guess you recognize it so well because you frequently re-read the paper, right?

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Apr 23

This publication was long in the making (we started in 2017!). Thanks to my amazing co-author Torben and to Lars Mewes, who helped developing the initial idea.

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