Sebastian Losacker

Advancements in Natural Language Processing offer new methods to analyze textual artifacts, providing empirical insights into previously hard-to-measure aspects of innovation.

www.nber.org/papers/w33821

Relatedness, complexity, and regional development paths in Germany: a sequencing approach - The Annals of Regional Science This paper critiques the implementation of the EU's Smart Specialization Strategies (S3), advocating for a deeper analysis of the long-term evolution of regional industrial portfolios. We investigate ...

In this new paper, we examine how regions transform their economic structures over time by analyzing complexity and relatedness metrics. We investigate these changes using sequence analysis techniques.

@seqanalysisassn.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1007/s001...

Together with Lennart Fischer, I have published a new paper on the socio-technical visions of a (future) bio-based construction sector. We examine these visions, focusing on how they are legitimized in Germany, Italy, India and China.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ei...

ERSA REGION has pioneered the publication of computational notebooks as a way to reproducible & portable research that can be reuse for research & teaching. In association with @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social, we have revived & published the first digital version of CATMOG.

What is CATMOG?👇

📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
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🎓 4-year program
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Check out this new(s) dataset! 📖

@unihannover.bsky.social ist hier! Dann kann ich mal zeigen, welche (ehem.) Wissenschaftler:innen dieser Institution im Podcast schon allerlei Schlaues gesagt haben (1/3, blättern lohnt 😉)

🎙️ @slosacker.bsky.social, inzw. @jlugiessen.bsky.social
zu Survival-Analyse: open.spotify.com/episode/5nq6...

Das BMBF-geförderte Projekt TRABBI erstellte mithilfe KI eine globale Übersicht von 5,6 Millionen Bioökonomie-Patenten. Forschende der Universität Gießen @jlugiessen.bsky.social entwickelten dafür ein Sprachmodell zur präzisen Identifikation biobasierter Technologien.

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Hallo Bluesky! 👋
Wir sind nun auch hier zu finden. Folgt uns, wenn ihr rund um die #Bioökonomie auf dem Laufenden bleiben wollt.
Auf biooekonomie.de findet ihr unter anderem:
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Check out this great tool created by @lkriesch.bsky.social to explore technological inventions related to the #bioeconomy 🌳

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Ich muss ja mal anfangen, hier zu schreiben, um meine Follower:innen von X hier wiederzufinden nach'm #eXit. Lohnt sich für euch, hier gibt's kostenlose, unabh. Bildung zu sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsmethoden im nicen Podcast-Format 👉 methodenkoffer.info. Danke für's Teilen!

SONA: A relational methodology to identify structure in networks The study of networks has been characterized by a dualism of methods. Researchers either use interpretive methods to explore the quality of social relations, or quantitative methods to assess the form...

Maybe this approach is useful for you:
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The role of geographical scales in sustainability transitions: An empirical investigation of the European industrial context The journey towards sustainability has become paramount to industry, government and research. To date, the main contributions have proposed valuable t…

maybe it was one of these?
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Pre-announcement of up to 4 postdocs on agrifood and land use transitions.

We will soon open for postdoc applications at UCPH for an upcoming project. Keywords: policies, technologies, scenarios for European agrifood and land use transitions. Short deadline, so feel free to reach out already now.

YEGN WORKSHOP 2025 Apply now for the next workshop held at the University of Greifswald, Germany, August 25-28.

To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. 👇
yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...

The construction sector is at a crossroads, searching for pathways to smarter material use — whether bricks, steel, concrete, or wood. While technical solutions and innovative concepts exist, their widespread adoption lags. Actors, institutions, and collective perceptions of crisis matter.

The paper is part of a special issue in TATuP containing many other interesting research papers and an informative editorial.
www.tatup.de/index.php/ta...

Led by Lennart Fischer, we published results from our research on socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector. We provide some insights into how these imaginaries/visions differ within and between different geographical contexts. www.tatup.de/index.php/ta...

this is not the Norway I saw last week 🌧️

Spinning Stories: Wind Turbines & Narratives in Germany

Our new study dives into the interplay between #wind #turbines and #narratives in #Germany. Using #news data, we study how wind turbines are reflected in #local #narrative #landscapes (new concept!!!!).

doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

Read our new paper, led by @lkriesch.bsky.social, (and check the dataset!) on bioeconomy-related patents published with @natureportfolio.bsky.social.
We hope that the data will be useful for fellow researchers to better understand the knowledge base of the #bioeconomy 🌳

I can't speak for every country ofc, but in many non-Western countries there are a couple of (local) firms working with bio-based materials. Bio-based does not mean CLT to be sure

See you tomorrow! Hope you'll have beer recommendations for the rest of us then

Abstract of the paper "an urban age of timber"

Paper: An urban ‘age of timber’? Tensions and contradictions in the low-carbon imaginary of the bioeconomic city
doi.org/10.1177/2514...

Sounds very interesting, will add this to the top of my reading list! We're working on a very similar paper, focusing on diverging socio-technical imaginaries of bio-based construction. Your results seem to be very much in line with what we find, though from another angle

Happy to share this new paper about the global innovation system of the biobased construction sector, published in Progess in Economic Geography 🏡
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

Die räumliche Dimension des EU-Emissionshandels (EU ETS): Messung des regionalen Transformationsdrucks in Deutschland - Standort To steer the economy towards a low-carbon future and mitigate climate change, the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been established at the European level. It operates through a cap...

Das Paper gibt es #OpenAccess hier (5/5):

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Wir knüpfen damit an Debatten zum #GreenDiscontent an und erweitern frühere Studien zu Disparitäten in der Transformation. (4/5) @suedekum.bsky.social

Um diesen Transformationsdruck für deutsche Regionen empirisch zu messen, schlagen wir zwei Indikatoren vor: einen zur Messung der regionalen CO2-Intensität und einen zur Messung der regionalen regulatorischen Stringenz. (3/5)