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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New open-access paper in Journal of Economic Geography: Europe’s two towers: the uneven regional geography of telecommunication standard essential patents With Bernardo S. Buarque, Ronald B. Davies, Ryan M. Hynes & Gianluca Tarasconi. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/... #EconomicGeography #Innovation

Top Figure. The histograms illustrate the total number of SEP applications by metropolitan area during the 3G and 4G periods. The y-axis represents the count of all patents that include at least one inventor residing in the area during the specified period. The x-axis displays the top ten EU metropolitan areas ranked by their SEP production for that time frame.

Bottom Figure. The x-axis shows the count of all H04 patent applications containing at least one inventor residing in the metropolitan area during the 3G and 4G periods. The y-axis represents the number of SEP applications during the same time frame. The solid line shows the fitted linear regression, and the shaded band around the fitted line denotes the 95 per cent confidence interval of the estimated regression. We also report the corresponding regression estimates in the top left corner.

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Is AI an economic equalizer across Europe, or is it widening the regional divide? 🌍 Our new open-access paper in Regional Studies maps the spatial geography of AI across EU NUTS-2 regions using a multi-dimensional framework. Here is what we discovered: 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0034...

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The geography of artificial intelligence in European regions: innovation, exposure and use

This paper maps the geography of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, exposure and use across European Union (EU) NUTS-2 regions using six complementary indicators. Findings reveal a spatial pa...

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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society @cjres.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Interested in contributing? The Call for Papers is available here: academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/... and still accepting abstracts! @harrygarretsen.bsky.social, @dfkogler.bsky.social, Ron Martin, Davide Luca, Janka Stoker and Michael Stuetzer

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Jennifer Clark @jclarkcrp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations everyone!! 👏👏👏

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Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

With the likely change in leadership to Andy Burnham and eyes on "Manchesterism" and the way municipal govt can contest privatisation, this is a good time to read our new paper on: How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

New paper out in Technological Forecasting & Social Change: Bridging industry and technology: The spatial and sectoral embedded dynamics of green technology diversification How do regions diversify into new green technologies? We show that both technology and industry matter. doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In #Ireland, the “Key #Town” is often presented in policy as a uniform strategic unit. Yet, new research by Ji, @niamhmcherry.bsky.social & @dfkogler.bsky.social in Geoforum uses PCA to reveal a complex typology of urban life that defies tidy, one-size-fits-all narratives. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It is easy to #green an old model; it is much harder to admit the model is broken. Sedita, @larscoenen.bsky.social & @dfkogler.bsky.social argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social for a fundamental rethinking the policy scaffolding. #Innovation must serve a #sustainable future. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society @cjres.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The July issue of CJRES is titled The symbolic value of megaprojects in urban and regional development It will publish shortly in full - you can read the Editorial Introduction at doi.org/10.1093/cjre... free access. @roberthassink.bsky.social, @dfkogler.bsky.social, Davide Ponzini and Xuefei Ren

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The symbolic value of megaprojects in urban and regional development

Across both industrialised and emerging economies worldwide, megaprojects have become important drivers of economic development. These large-scale ventures

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

New paper: www.ucd.ie/economics/t4... with Bernardo Buarque, Ryan Hynes, Gianluca Tarasconi, and @dfkogler.bsky.social .

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@cgrisbath.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social - Thank you for the opportunity to present and discuss my recent work earlier today. It is always wonderful to be in Bath amongst colleagues and good friends!

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Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS) @cgrisbath.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Join us today at 13:15 in-person/online @uniofbath.bsky.social as we welcome @dfkogler.bsky.social for a hybrid seminar. Online Zoom Registration at shorturl.at/Q7UCf. Further details below 👇 @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @uniofbathnews.bsky.social

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Vincenzo Riccardi @vinric.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🌟𝑪𝙤𝒏𝙜𝒓𝙖𝒕𝙪𝒍𝙖𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣 𝙤𝒖𝙧 𝙬𝒐𝙧𝒌 𝒉𝙖𝒔 𝒏𝙤𝒘 𝒃𝙚𝒆𝙣 𝙥𝒖𝙗𝒍𝙞𝒔𝙝𝒆𝙙!🌟 "𝐀𝐈-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬" www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

"𝐀𝐈-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬"

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Jason Deegan @jay-deegan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

1/ I seem to recall that new research threads were all the rage on that 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, so lets try one for Bluesky! 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (just published in 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴). Curious why regions copy each other? Let’s dig in. 🧵

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Festive Cheer - now as the holiday season is in full swing some of us will occasionally enjoy a fizzy drink or two while spending time with family and friends. We investigated the #geography of #beer - 2 papers you might enjoy reading while you sip on a beer - always drink responsibly! (1/3)

Geography and branding in the craft beer industry

Ryan M. Hynes and Dieter F. Kogler

ABSTRACT

We investigate the quantitative link between geography and branding in the craft beer space by assembling a novel dataset of tens of thousands of breweries, their marketing language, and their public perception. We use named entity recognition to process breweries’ description text, and extract the counts of geographic and location labels. We regress these counts against breweries’ rating score, which we take as a measure of public perception. We find a strong, positive link between the number of place-based labels and a brewery’s rating. This is the first large-scale quantitative result in this space, and is strong evidence of the positive link between geography, branding, and public perception. We also contribute by introducing novel data collection and text processing techniques to the regional studies and geography of beer literature. Our results confirm several previous qualitative and survey-scale studies in this space, and establish a definite link between place-based branding strategies and brewery perception.

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craft beer; economic geography; regional studies; place-based branding; marketing; consumer perception; natural language processing

Hops, Skip and a Jump:
The Regional Uniqueness of Beer Styles

(✉) Ryan M. Hynes, School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ryan.hynes@ucdconnect.ie
Bernardo S. Buarque, Spatial Dynamics Lab, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, bsbuarque@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Ronald B. Davies, School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ronald.davies@ucd.ie
Dieter F. Kogler, Spatial Dynamics Lab, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, dieter.kogler@ucd.ie

Abstract
Perhaps more than any other product, beer evokes its place of origin. Part of what makes every pint of Guinness or stein of Paulaner so memorable is what sets them apart and gives them their unique "taste of place." This chapter explores the geographical differentiation of beer. To do so, we collect data on regional beer recipes, styles, and ingredients from a homebrewing website. We then employ Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG) methods and create weighted co-occurrence networks for the ingredients within each style. We use these networks to identify which ingredients are most important to each beer style, measure a style’s robustness, and compare differences between geographically close and distant styles. While previous literature focuses on the related diversification of regions, we use these methods to examine the differences within the same product and across many regional styles and flavours. Combining the EEG methods with this unique ingredients dataset, we show that almost all beer styles rely on only a handful of key ingredients. Yet some regional beers are more robust than others due to readily available substitute ingredients in their region. Likewise, we demonstrate that styles originating in close geographic proximity are more similar in their use of ingredients.

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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 20/12/2024

🚨 Job alert 🚨 IT:U is hiring 5 professors (open rank) in Data Science, very broadly defined! Focuses include (among others): 1. Theoretical Foundations of Data Science 2. Data Science in Biological Systems 3. Data Science in Human Mobility it-u.at/en/careers/p... 1/2

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Professor of Data Science | IT:U

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Fernanda Sperotto @fqsperotto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Session organized by researcher Joana Costa and myself. 💡🌎 SS75: Insights on the Role of Innovation in Reshoring - Territorial and Economic Effects 💡🌎 Submit your abstract by⏰19 December 2024: bit.ly/RSAAC25 #RSA25 @regstud.bsky.social

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

🔊Special Session at the @regstud.bsky.social #RSA25 in Porto, Portugal, May 6-9, 2025: New Perspectives on Evolutionary Economic Geography (SS39)! Submissions that approach empirical data in novel and theoretically profound ways preferred. ❗️🗓️ (DEC19 - 2moro) www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa25/

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

📣 #GCEG2025 CFP - gceg.org The Role(s) of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Regional Growth and Uneven Development Further details here: tinyurl.com/GCEG2025CFP 🗓️ abstracts by 05 JAN 2025. Inquiries/Abstracts to Dieter F. Kogler (dieter.kogler@ucd.ie) and Sebastián Baeza (sebaeza@udec.cl).

We invite contributions that are related to the following themes:

• Geographical histories of scientific and technological creative destruction
• Spatial inequalities of knowledge production, recombination and diffusion
• Regional resilience, technological trajectories, path dependent development and path creation
• Links between scientific knowledge production, technological change and regional fortunes
• The roles of technological structure and complexity, related and unrelated variety to fast/slow growth
• The interplay of agents, organizations, institutions and place in innovation systems and dynamics
• Firm and regional linkages, the relatedness of firms, regions and technologies, relatedness dynamics and uneven development
• Regional policy for technological change, transformation/transition and inclusive growth

The organizers welcome abstracts of no more than 250 words by the 5th of January 2025. Please send inquiries and abstracts to Dieter F. Kogler (dieter.kogler@ucd.ie) and Sebastián Baeza (sebaeza@udec.cl). Following feedback (latest by January 10th) authors will be required to register via the conference website at https://gceg.org/index.php/register/.

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🔊Special Session at the @regstud.bsky.social #RSA25 in Porto, Portugal, May 6-9, 2025: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Automation, and Digitalization Technologies on Regional Economic Development Trajectories. (SS65)! 🗓️ (DEC19) www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa25/ #AI

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Automation, and Digitalization Technologies on Regional Economic Development Trajectories - Special Session at Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2025

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Matti Pihlajamaa @mattipihlaj.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🌱Innovation policy for growth: Can it drive transformation to sustainability? 💡Highlights from VTT's innovation scholars' recent position paper: 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 🔗Learn more at cris.vtt.fi/en/publicati...

This slide discusses innovation policy's potential to drive the transformation toward sustainability. It highlights challenges, including the pressure of continuous economic growth, the slow pace of decoupling growth from emissions and resource use, and whether challenge-led policies focused on growth can meet sustainability goals. Proposed solutions emphasize low-energy, low-material innovation, community-driven approaches, and aligning innovation policy with ecological and social value creation.

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Very nice opportunity here for an aspiring early career researcher. Deadline 10th of December.

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Last chance to submit a paper for our @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meetings in Berlin in March 2025. Call for papers closes Monday 9th December. urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...

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Tom Broekel @tbroekel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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...

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Lukas Kriesch @lkriesch.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Just in time for my first Bluesky post my latest research, co-authored with Dr. Sebastian Losacker, is now published with Nature Portfolio in Scientific Data. Discover the paper and the dataset here: rdcu.be/d1Ui3

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Altiam Kabir @altiam.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

50 AI Tools to Replace Hard Work 😍 1. Research: • ChatGPT: Conversational AI • Claude AI: Ethical assistant • Bing Chat: Search integration • Clearscope: Content optimization

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Nicola Pilling @pillnj.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

SS65: 'The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Automation, and Digitalisation Technologies on Regional Economic Development Trajectories' @dfkogler.bsky.social & colleagues are keen for your abstracts for #RSA25, ℹ️& submit: bit.ly/sspto25 ⏰19 Dec @regstud.bsky.social (46)

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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Jennifer Clark @jclarkcrp.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Excellent news! Let's get trending Regional Studies folks! New issue out this week! @regionalstudies.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 02/12/2024

Good news everyone! A new version of graph-tool is just out! @graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool.skewed.de Graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N #networkscience

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Nicola Pilling @pillnj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Follow this thread for all #special #sessions @regstud.bsky.social Annual Conference #RSA25 next May in #Porto. More information: bit.ly/sspto25 Submit your abstract by⏰19 December 2024: bit.ly/RSAAC25 (1)

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John Bachtler @johnbachtler.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What will be the place of Cohesion in the next Multiannual Financial Framework? Our annual #EoRPA review of Cohesion Policy has just been published, charting its implementation (also RRF), debates on MFF reform, the challenges, and the future policy approach to Cohesion. 👉https://bit.ly/3OykkHz

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Christian Busch @chrisserendip.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Call for Papers: Strategic Management Journal Special Issue on “Chance, Luck, and Serendipity”! The goal of this Special Issue is to explore the role of chance, luck, and serendipity in management and strategy. Submission deadline: November 1, 2025. More information: bit.ly/SMJCallforPapers

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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

‼️Our department is looking for a 4-year postdoc: ideally someone interested in economic sociology experienced with quantitive methods. We offer: manageable teaching load, great time to develop research & a wonderful city. Please consider applying & share widely! ‼️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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Universitätsassistent*in Postdoc

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Juan Mateos-Garcia @jmateosgarcia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

AI for science could be more impactful than chatbots. It is already helping win Nobel prizes and accelerating drug development and materials discovery. Today we published an essay about it: why it matters, how it’s happening and its implications. Here is a summary from an econ / social sci lens.

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The Political Economy Starter Pack has had an update - still working my way through the Political Economists moving over to @bsky.app - suggestions are very helpful! go.bsky.app/NgpPxi4

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Harm-Jan Rouwendal @hjrouwendal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Why is it easier to find a job that matches your skills in a city than elsewhere? In this study we show that there are disproportionally more vacancies available per worker, which makes it easier to move from one job to another. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Are urban labour markets more dynamic? Vacancies and urban scaling - Harm-Jan Rouwendal, Jan Rouwendal, 2024

This paper shows that there is superlinear scaling of vacancies with employment size. That is, there are disproportionally more vacancies relative to employment...

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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We're holding our 1st Institute Research Workshop next week, showcasing our research on critical studies of #science, #technology & #innovation 5th & 6th December at 10am EST and via Zoom More details on our website: www.yorku.ca/research/its/ #STS #technoscience #sociology #anthropology

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Dieter F. Kogler @dfkogler.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Exploring the role of organisations' collaboration networks in R&D for processes or regional technological renewal has been the focus of our recent publication, OA here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Regions must leverage both internal technological capabilities and external networks... (1/2)

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The emergence of new regional technological specialisations: exploring the role of organisations and their technological network structure

Technological collaborations are crucial for shaping the emergence of new regional technological specialisations. This article explores the relationship between technological networks formed betwee...

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The Economic and Social Review @econsocrev.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Economic and Social Review is Ireland's leading journal for economics and applied social science and is now on Bluesky. Please follow and share folks! @orladoyle.bsky.social @isweconomics.bsky.social @beta1hat.bsky.social @stephenkinsella.bsky.social @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Interested in finding out about the Regional Studies Association, our journals, publications and people? We've made a starter pack of RSA-related profiles which we'll keep updating. go.bsky.app/UiGA5Uk

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

📣Calling all ECRs📣 ⌛Two weeks to submit your application for our EC plenary speaker call for #RSA25⌛ ⏰Deadline: 10 Dec 2024 Travel, accom and registration covered. For more info and apply: bit.ly/RSAAC25 @carvalho-luis.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @drjwharrison.bsky.social 🔄😀

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James Wilson @jamierwilson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Knowledge brokers are critical for bridging the gap between scientific research and policymaking Interesting study identifying the highly developed interpersonal social competences required to be a knowledge broker and finding there is no ‘one size fits all’ blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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What skills do knowledge brokers need?

Reporting on a study of knowledge brokers’ views on the attributes required to be good at their job, Denis Karcher and Chris Cvitanovic present four attributes and styles of working that underpin g…

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