Ron Boschma

Regional development traps in Europe: a study of occupational trajectories of regions Abstract. This paper presents an evolutionary perspective on regional development traps that centres around the structural inability of regions to develop

#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base.
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
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@ronboschma.bsky.social @dariodiodato.bsky.social @jeromevicente.bsky.social

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.
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You rock!

"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.

Secondly, while average workers’ payroll taxes have fallen, the UK has become increasingly reliant on the payments of the richest taxpayers.

The top 1% now pay 29% of the total tax bill, up from 11% in 1980

6/7

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
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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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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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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.

Breaking News: President Trump moved to fire the official in charge of jobs data, claiming, without evidence, that labor numbers were being “manipulated.”

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We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies.
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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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Easy, Monaco

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

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...

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...

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.

Why do we peer review?

In a new paper, we establish a self-interested reason: learning.

With a quasi-experimental design applied to admin data from 55 journals, we show reviewing a paper doubles chances of citing it in future work!

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

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.

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

OK, then. 😮

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

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...

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
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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.

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

"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..."
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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

Nederland heeft nu drie migratieministers, maar vrijdag is er geen één aanwezig bij een vergadering van EU-migratieministers…

Public R&D expenditures in the US is dominated by spendings on defense