Tom Broekel

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.

Yep, the difference still shows in the small things ...

The only disappointing thing in this setting - a baguette.

Fresh, colorful autumn forest and a Bratwurst (technically a Krakauer). Perfect combination.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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?

The worst are the self-citations ...

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

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/joeg/advance...: Great work by @tbroekel.bsky.social

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...

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

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.

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

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/...

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 ;-)

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

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.... 💡

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!

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…

"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

Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]

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

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

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

Karte von Deutshcland mit den Flächen der Hopfen- und Weinanbaugebiete

🍺 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

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