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Ron Boschma

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Professor of Regional Economics at Utrecht University | Professor of Innovation Studies at Stavanger University | Vautrin Lud prize winner 2024

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Andrea Morrison @andrea-morrison.bsky.social · 4d

‼️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

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 4d

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...

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Sep 4

You rock!

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · Sep 2

"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.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 28

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/...

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Aug 15

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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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 3

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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 1

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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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢 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

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Jul 26

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How getting tenure changes researchers’ publication habits — and citations

Paper output varies between disciplines, as does the trend after tenure is achieved.

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Jul 25

Easy, Monaco

Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Bas Heijne @basheijne.bsky.social · Jul 22

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...

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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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · Jul 12

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.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jul 12

The proposed Dutch law criminalising assistance to migrants
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...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jul 12

The proposed Dutch law criminalising assistance to migrants
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

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Alex Coad @coad.bsky.social · Jul 3

@royalsociety.org‬ here is your man, Elon Musk.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jul 2

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.

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

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jul 2

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

www.thelancet.com

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Jul 1

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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Kim Bellard @kimbbellard.bsky.social · Jun 30

OK, then. 😮

@erikbryn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions

Firm says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implications

www.theguardian.com

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · Jun 29

The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.

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Ron Boschma @ronboschma.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Jun 15

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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Johannes Wachs @johanneswachs.bsky.social · Jun 11

How much code now comes from AI? With @simonedaniotti.bsky.social, @xfeng.bsky.social & Frank Neffke we estimate that by end-2024 30% of Python functions pushed by US devs on GitHub are AI-generated. Adoption is rapid but diffusion lags globally. How did we do it? arxiv.org/abs/2506.08945

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Kris Olds @oldskris.bsky.social · Jun 11

"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...