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Tom Broekel
@tbroekel.bsky.social
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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 · 18d
The team! Hard to find another location with such a concentration of expertise in this topic.
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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 19d
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 · 23d
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 · 24d
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 · 24d
Der Index kontrolliert nicht für die Größe der Institutionen, d.h. absolute Größe ist hier die Kernaussage.
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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 24d
Sprich, es werden für verbeamtet Professoren der implizite Erwerb der Pensionsansprüche berücksichtigt sowie die Unterstützung zur Krankenversicherung
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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 24d
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 · 24d
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 · 24d
The worst are the self-citations ...
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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 27d
Next time you are in Stavanger- let me know and we'll make it happen.
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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
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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.
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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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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 · 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" ;-)
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · Apr 23
My favorite place to relax and re-energize. #HomeIsWhereYourHarzIs #Harz
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Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) @bkgbund.bsky.social · Apr 23
🍺 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
Karte von Deutshcland mit den Flächen der Hopfen- und Weinanbaugebiete
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