Tom Brökel

Professor

Tom Brökel

Contact

Telephone: 51834499

Email: tom.brokel@uis.no

Department

UiS School of Business and Law

Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing

About me

Tom Broekel is Professor in Regional Innovation at the University of Stavanger Business School, Norway. He is also associated to the Center of Regional and Innovation Economics of the University of Bremen, Germany. His research is focused on geography of innovation, knowledge networks, analysis of R&D policy, methods of social network analysis, regional innovation systems, and renewable energies, tourism. Tom’s teaching encompasses courses on Innovation Studies, Economic Geography, Advanced Statistics, Social Network Analysis, and the Geography of Innovation.

Publications

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Deegan, Jason; Brökel, Tom; Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2024)

How regions diversify into new jobs: from related industries or related occupations?.

Regional studies.

ISSN 0034-3404.

s.1-16.

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2335265

Nast, Carolin; Broekel, Tom; Entner, Doris

(2024)

Fueling the fire? How government support drives technological progress and complexity.

Research Policy.

ISSN 0048-7333.

Volum 53.

Hefte 6.

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105005

Broekel, Tom; Knuepling, Louis; Mewes, Lars

(2023)

Boosting, sorting and complexity - urban scaling of innovation around the world.

Journal of Economic Geography.

ISSN 1468-2702.

Volum 23.

Hefte 5.

s.979-1016.

DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbad006

Gareis, Philipp; Broekel, Tom

(2022)

The Spatial Patterns of Student Mobility Before, During and After the Bologna Process in Germany.

Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie.

ISSN 0040-747X.

DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12507

Ozgun, Burcu; Broekel, Tom

(2022)

Assessing press releases as a data source for spatial research.

REGION: The Journal of ERSA.

ISSN 2409-5370.

Volum 9.

Hefte 2.

s.25-44.

DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i2.379

Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Broekel, Tom; Diodato, Dario; Giuliani, Elisa; Hausmann, Ricardo; O'Clery, Neave; Rigby, David

(2022)

Reprint of The new paradigm of economic complexity.

Research Policy.

ISSN 0048-7333.

Volum 51.

Hefte 8.

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104568

Ozgun, Burcu; Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The geography of innovation and technology news - An empirical study of the German news media.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

ISSN 0040-1625.

Volum 167.

s.1-16.

DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120692

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2021)

Searching through the Haystack:The Relatedness and Complexity of Priorities in Smart Specialization Strategies.

Economic Geography.

ISSN 0013-0095.

Volum 97.

Hefte 5.

s.497-520.

DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.1967739

Broekel, Tom; Lazzeretti, Luciana; Capone, Francesco; Hassink, Robert

(2021)

Rethinking the role of local knowledge networks in territorial innovation models.

Industry and Innovation.

ISSN 1366-2716.

Volum 28.

Hefte 7.

s.805-814.

DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1941802

Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Broekel, Tom; Diodato, Dario; Giuliani, Elisa; Hausmann, Ricardo; O'Cleary, Neave; Rigby, David L

(2021)

The new paradigm of economic complexity.

Research Policy.

ISSN 0048-7333.

Volum 51.

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104450

Broekel, Tom; Lazzeretti, Luciana; Capone, Francesco; Hassink, Robert

(2021)

Rethinking the role of local knowledge networks in territorial innovation models.

Industry and Innovation.

ISSN 1366-2716.

Volum 28.

Hefte 7.

DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1941802

von Bloh, Johannes; Broekel, Tom; Özgün, Burcu; Sternberg, Rolf

(2020)

New(s) data for entrepreneurship research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage.

Small Business Economics.

ISSN 0921-898X.

Volum 55.

Hefte 3.

s.673-694.

DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00209-x

Abbasiharofteh, Milad; Brökel, Tom

(2020)

Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster.

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.

ISSN 0308-518X.

Volum 53.

Hefte 1.

s.73-94.

DOI: 10.1177/0308518X20933904

Knuepling, Louis; Broekel, Tom

(2020)

Does relatedness drive the diversification of countries’ success in sports?.

European Sport Management Quarterly.

ISSN 1618-4742.

DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2020.1770830

Bednarz, Marcel; Broekel, Tom

(2020)

Pulled or pushed? The spatial diffusion of wind energy between local demand and supply.

Industrial and Corporate Change.

ISSN 0960-6491.

Volum 29.

Hefte 4.

s.893-916.

DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtaa012

Graf, Holger; Broekel, Tom

(2020)

A shot in the dark? Policy influence on cluster networks.

Research Policy.

ISSN 0048-7333.

Volum 49.

Hefte 3.

s.1-13.

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103920

Mewes, Lars; Broekel, Tom

(2020)

Subsidized to change? The impact of R & D policy on regional technological diversification.

The annals of regional science.

ISSN 0570-1864.

Volum 65.

s.221-252.

DOI: 10.1007/s00168-020-00981-9

Sandor, Juhasz; Broekel, Tom; Boschma, Ronald Adalbert

(2020)

Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: the role of co-location and complexity.

Papers in Regional Science.

ISSN 1056-8190.

Volum 100.

Hefte 1.

s.3-21.

DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12567

Mewes, Lars; Brökel, Tom

(2020)

Technological complexity and economic growth of regions.

Research Policy.

ISSN 0048-7333.

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104156

Broekel, Tom

(2019)

Using structural diversity to measure the complexity of technologies.

PLOS ONE.

ISSN 1932-6203.

Volum 14.

Hefte 5.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216856

Bednarz, Marcel; Broekel, Tom

(2019)

The relationship of policy induced R&D networks and inter-regional knowledge diffusion.

Journal of evolutionary economics.

ISSN 0936-9937.

Volum 29.

s.1459-1481.

DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00621-2

Bøker og kapitler

Brökel, Heike; Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Collaboration and SDG-related research at the University of Stavanger.

Deegan, Jason

(2023)

Regional Transformation; between Policy Intervention and Knowledge Dynamics?.

Universitetet i Stavanger.

ISBN 978-82-8439-149-6.

Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom

(2022)

Smarte omstillingsmuligheter Moss, Follo, Halden/Sarpsborg og Indre Østfold .

Broekel, Tom; Stenke, Gero; Knuepling, Louis

(2020)

Zukunftsfähigkeit des Technologieprofil Deutschlands.

Formidling

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Do we have the competences needed for the green and digital economy?.

Executive Forum;

2023-11-01 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Navigating AI in Business Practises and Academia: Reflections and Realities.

Forskerforbundet ved UiS: OU-seminar;

2023-12-04.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

ChatGPT: Embrace or Reject?.

UiS Stavanger Business School, Alumni Meeting;

2023-11-23.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

The Skill Divide: How Urban and Rural Job Markets Shape Occupational Skill Profiles.

UiS Stavanger Business School Innovation Research Seminar;

2023-11-22.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Navigating AI in Business Practises and Academia: Reflections & Realities.

Stavanger Business School Breakfast Meeting;

2023-11-16.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

The Evolution of the Regional Demand for Green and ICT Skills in Norway,.

RSA Annual Conference;

2023-06-16.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Urban scaling 1877 to 2020: Boosting, Sorting & Complexity.

3rd DFG-Network meeting;

2023-06-02.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

News – more than just a novel data source in regional science.

GEO-TEXT workshop;

2023-05-25.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

The long-term evolution of technological complexity & its relationship with economic growth.

Faculty of Technology and Science Research Seminar;

2023-02-22.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with Economic Growth.

TU Berlin Invited Seminar;

2023-02-16.

Broekel, Tom

(2023)

Boosting, Sorting, and Complexity – Urban Scaling of Innovation Around the World.

NordicERSA Online-Seminar;

2023-02-10.

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2022)

How regions diversify into new jobs: From related industries or related occupations?.

Regions In Recovery;

2022-03-24.

Broekel, Tom; Deegan, Jason

(2022)

In the beginning was the Word – A text-based perspective on regional development.

Global Conference on Economic Geography;

2022-06-09 - .

Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom; Deegan, Jason

(2022)

What we do or where we work.

61st ERSA Congress;

2022-08-22 - 2022-08-26.

Håland, Marie; Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom

(2022)

Forskarar frå UiS har utvikla analyseverktøy for økonomisk vekst.

Garlid, Hilde; Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom

(2022)

DiveOpp, et nytt selskap fra UiS-forskning.

Broekel, Tom

(2022)

What you read is what you see? Wind turbines in the German news.

RSA City and Regional Sustainability Transitions ;

2022-10-20.

Broekel, Tom

(2022)

Boosting, sorting, and complexity – Urban scaling of innovation across cities around the world.

Geography of Innovation ;

2022-07-06.

Broekel, Tom

(2022)

In the beginning was the Word – A text-based perspective on regional development.

GfR Annual Meeting;

2022-06-15 - 2022-06-17.

Broekel, Tom

(2022)

The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with economic growth.

Annual Forskermøtet ;

2022-10-25.

Broekel, Tom

(2022)

Technological complexity and its implication for innovation policy.

NetSurvey Workshop;

2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25.

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Haus-Reve, Silje

(2022)

How regions diversify into new jobs: From related industries or related occupations?.

Regional Innovation Policies Conference;

2022-09-22 - 2022-09-24.

Broekel, Tom; Sareen, Siddharth; Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen; By, Rune Todnem; Rothkopf, Alexander Karl

(2021)

Dog Eat Dog.

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2021)

What we do, or where we work? – the impact of occupational and industrial relatedness on regional diversification.

60th ERSA Congress - Territorial Futures Visions and scenarios to cope with megatrends in a changing Europe;

2021-08-24 - 2021-08-27.

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2021)

Is smart specialisation helping regions to support the right activities?.

RSA blog.

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

Warum „mehr messen“ keine Lösung, sondern eher das Problem ist.

Tagesspiegel.

ISSN 1865-2263.

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The Geography of Innovation News.

Jena Economic Research Seminar Wintersemester 2021/22;

2021-11-17 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The spatial diffusion of simple and complex technologies.

GSSI Webinar;

2021-10-28 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

R&D subsidies – What is “left” to be explored?.

COSPIN Workshop;

2021-10-28 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The regional dimension of news.

60th ERSA Annual Congress;

2021-08-28 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

Did you see the news? Linking local news and regional development,.

60th ERSA Annual Congress;

2021-08-24 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

Diversity, Complexity or Relatedness of Occupations – What Drives Industrial and Regional Development?.

Annual Meeting of the German Section of the Regional Science Association (GfR);

2021-07-02 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The relationship of skill-complexity, diversity, and relatedness with regional growth.

Regions in Recovery festival;

2021-06-11 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

Technological complexity and economic growth.

Complexity Science Hub Vienna Seminars;

2021-05-07 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The geography of innovation and technology news – An empirical study of the German news media, online presentation.

CRIE Seminar, University of Bremen;

2021-04-27 - .

Broekel, Tom

(2021)

The relationship of skill-complexity, diversity, and relatedness with regional growth, invited seminar.

WIFO Research Seminar;

2021-04-14 - .

Haus-Reve, Silje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Broekel, Tom; Knüpling, L

(2020)

Smart specialization in skills: Skill-complexity and skill-relatedness of Norwegian regions. .

Geography of Innovation Conference;

2020-11-28 - 2020-11-29.

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Haus-Reve, Silje; Broekel, Tom

(2020)

Smart spesialisering i Rogaland.

Kommuneøkonomidagen;

2020-08-25.

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2020)

Searching through the haystack: The relatedness and complexity of prioritised industries.

European Policies Research Centre Webinar Series;

2020-11-04.

Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Fitjar, Rune Dahl

(2020)

Searching through the haystack: The relatedness and complexity of prioritised industries.

Rethinking Clusters - III International Conference on Cluster Research ;

2020-11-24 - 2020-11-25.

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Haus-Reve, Silje; Brökel, Tom

(2019)

Smart spesialisering i Rogaland.

Presentasjon for Rogaland fylkeskommune;

2019-09-30.

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Haus-Reve, Silje; Brökel, Tom

(2019)

Hva kan vi bli gode på i Rogaland? Mot en ny strategi for næringsutvikling?.

Børs og fakultet;

2019-10-02.

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Haus-Reve, Silje; Brökel, Tom

(2019)

Smart spesialisering i Rogaland.

Verdiskapingsforum;

2019-11-01.

Broekel, Tom; Brenner, Thomas

(2019)

Evolutionary economics and policy: Introduction to the special issue.

Journal of evolutionary economics.

ISSN 0936-9937.

s.1373-1378.

DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00646-7

Broekel, Tom

(2002)

The Geography of Innovation .

BISS Bochum International Summer School;

2002-08-22 - 2022-08-26.

Kunstnerisk produksjon

Broekel, Tom; Burcu, Ozgun

(2022)

The German Regionalized Press Releases Database (GRPR-DB).