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

Korneliusz Pylak; Jason Deegan; Tom Brökel (2025) Smart Specialisation or smart following? A study of policy mimicry in priority domain selection. I: Regional studies. ISSN 0034-3404. Volum 59. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2429626

Milad Abbasiharofteh; Tom Broekel; Lars Mewes (2024) The role of geographic distance and technological complexity in U.S. interregional co-patenting over almost two centuries. I: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. ISSN 0308-518X. Volum 56. s.2003-2022. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241255525

Jason Deegan; Tom Brökel; Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar (2024) How regions diversify into new jobs: from related industries or related occupations?. I: Regional studies. ISSN 0034-3404. s.1-16. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2335265

Erika Christie Berle; Tom Broekel (2024) Spinning stories: Wind turbines and local narrative landscapes in Germany. I: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. ISSN 0040-1625. Volum 211. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123892

Carolin Nast; Tom Broekel; Doris Entner (2024) Fueling the fire? How government support drives technological progress and complexity. I: Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333. Volum 53. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105005

Jason Deegan; Tom Brökel; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve (2023) Regional transformation; between policy intervention and knowledge dynamics?. Universitetet i Stavanger. ISBN 9788284391496.

Tom Broekel; Heike Brökel (2023) Das Netzwerk der Operisti zwischen 1740 und 1765, Anmerkungen aus Sicht der Netzwerkforschung. I: Andrea Zedler; Lena van der Hoven; Kordula Knaus, Die Opera buffa in Europa: Verbreitungs- und Transformationsprozesse einer neuen Gattung (1740-1765). Transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783839467039. s.105-124. DOI: 10.1515/9783839467039

Tom Broekel; Louis Knuepling; Lars Mewes (2023) Boosting, sorting and complexity - urban scaling of innovation around the world. I: Journal of Economic Geography. ISSN 1468-2702. Volum 23. s.979-1016. DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbad006

Burcu Ozgun; Tom Broekel (2022) Saved by the news? COVID-19 in German news and its relationship with regional mobility behaviour. I: Regional studies. ISSN 0034-3404. Volum 58. s.365-380. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2145012

Pierre-Alexandre Balland; Tom Broekel; Dario Diodato; Elisa Giuliani; Ricardo Hausmann; Neave O'Clery; David Rigby (2022) Reprint of The new paradigm of economic complexity. I: Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333. Volum 51. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104568

Philipp Gareis; Tom Broekel (2022) The Spatial Patterns of Student Mobility Before, During and After the Bologna Process in Germany. I: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie. ISSN 0040-747X. DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12507

Burcu Ozgun; Tom Broekel (2022) Assessing press releases as a data source for spatial research. I: REGION: The Journal of ERSA. Online ISSN 2409-5370. Volum 9. s.25-44. DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i2.379

Pierre-Alexandre Balland; Tom Broekel; Dario Diodato; Elisa Giuliani; Ricardo Hausmann; Neave O'Cleary; David L Rigby (2021) The new paradigm of economic complexity. I: Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333. Volum 51. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104450

Tom Broekel; Luciana Lazzeretti; Francesco Capone; Robert Hassink (2021) Rethinking the role of local knowledge networks in territorial innovation models. I: Industry and Innovation. ISSN 1366-2716. Volum 28. s.805-814. DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1941802

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Rune Dahl Fitjar (2021) Searching through the Haystack:The Relatedness and Complexity of Priorities in Smart Specialization Strategies. I: Economic Geography. ISSN 0013-0095. Volum 97. s.497-520. DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.1967739

Burcu Ozgun; Tom Broekel (2021) The geography of innovation and technology news - An empirical study of the German news media. I: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. ISSN 0040-1625. Volum 167. s.1-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120692

Milad Abbasiharofteh; Tom Brökel (2020) Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster. I: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. ISSN 0308-518X. Volum 53. s.73-94. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X20933904

Lars Mewes; Tom Broekel (2020) Subsidized to change? The impact of R & D policy on regional technological diversification. I: The annals of regional science. ISSN 0570-1864. Volum 65. s.221-252. DOI: 10.1007/s00168-020-00981-9

Juhasz Sandor; Tom Broekel; Ronald Adalbert Boschma (2020) Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: the role of co-location and complexity. I: Papers in Regional Science. ISSN 1056-8190. Volum 100. s.3-21. DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12567

Holger Graf; Tom Broekel (2020) A shot in the dark? Policy influence on cluster networks. I: Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333. Volum 49. s.1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103920

Lars Mewes; Tom Brökel (2020) Technological complexity and economic growth of regions. I: Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104156

Louis Knuepling; Tom Broekel (2020) Does relatedness drive the diversification of countries’ success in sports?. I: European Sport Management Quarterly. ISSN 1618-4742. DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2020.1770830

Marcel Bednarz; Tom Broekel (2020) Pulled or pushed? The spatial diffusion of wind energy between local demand and supply. I: Industrial and Corporate Change. ISSN 0960-6491. Volum 29. s.893-916. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtaa012

Johannes von Bloh; Tom Broekel; Burcu Özgün; Rolf Sternberg (2020) New(s) data for entrepreneurship research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage. I: Small Business Economics. ISSN 0921-898X. Volum 55. s.673-694. DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00209-x

Marcel Bednarz; Tom Broekel (2019) The relationship of policy induced R&D networks and inter-regional knowledge diffusion. I: Journal of evolutionary economics. ISSN 0936-9937. Volum 29. s.1459-1481. DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00621-2

Tom Broekel (2019) Using structural diversity to measure the complexity of technologies. I: PLOS ONE. Online ISSN 1932-6203. Volum 14. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216856

Bøker og kapitler

Heike Brökel; Tom Broekel (2023) Collaboration and SDG-related research at the University of Stavanger. Munich Personal RePEc Archive.

Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel (2022) Smarte omstillingsmuligheter Moss, Follo, Halden/Sarpsborg og Indre Østfold. DiveOpp.

Tom Broekel; Ragnar Oelz Bindingsbø; Håvard Langeland Ravnås (2021) A patent-based analysis of complex green technologies and the development of new green patents after the Paris Agreement in European regions.. Universitetet i Stavanger.

Tom Broekel; Gero Stenke; Louis Knuepling (2020) Zukunftsfähigkeit des Technologieprofil Deutschlands. Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wirtschaft.

Formidling

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel (2025) Leading or Lagging? Skills, Sectors and the Twin Transition. Seminar Centre for Innovation Research; 2025-09-24.

Tom Broekel (2024) Complexity, Capabilities, and Economic Development, Research Seminar, Birmingham. Internal Research Seminar; 2024-01-09.

Tom Broekel (2024) Spinning Stories: The Impact of Wind Turbine Density on Public Narratives in Germany. Internal Seminar; 2024-01-24.

Tom Broekel (2024) What you read is what you see? A spatial analysis of how wind power shapes public discourse in German regions. 4. DFG Network: The dynamics of Innovation Systems; 2024-01-25.

Tom Broekel (2024) How News Data can reveal the Regional Economic Climate: The RegNeS-Database. Geography of Innovation Conference; 2024-01-11.

Tom Broekel; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve (2024) An innovation ecosystem at Ullandhaug? Conceptualizing key analytical dimensions. Ullandhaug Innovation District Meeting; 2024-02-09.

Tom Broekel; Torben Klarl (2024) Die langfristige Entwicklung der technologischen Komplexität und ihre Beziehung zum Wirtschaftswachstum. Annual Meeting Evolutionary Economics Group; 2024-07-06.

Tom Broekel (2024) AI in Education: Reflections and Realities. Internal Seminar; 2024-04-09.

Tom Broekel (2024) Feeling the Heartbeat of Regions: Local News and Economic Sentiments. Internal Research Seminar; 2024-11-19.

Tom Broekel (2024) Technological complexity – some clarifications and reflections. CfIR Seminar; 2024-06-04.

Tom Broekel (2024) Trainee SørVest mars: Make use of AI/ChatGPT, Chamber of Commerce Stavanger, SørVest Programm. SorVest Training; 2024-03-07.

Tom Broekel (2024) Feeling the Heartbeat of Regions: Local News and Economic Sentiments. RSA Conference; 2024-04-03.

Tom Broekel; Louis Knuepling (2024) Not all Spaces are Networks: On the use of the Network Perspective in the Evaluation of Knowledge Spaces. CfR Public Workshop; 2024-09-18.

Tom Broekel; Louis Knuepling (2024) Not all Spaces are Networks: On the use of the Network Perspective in the Evaluation of Knowledge Spaces. RIP Conference; 2024-09-26.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel (2023) Do we have the competences needed for the green and digital economy?. Executive Forum; 2023-11-01.

Tom Broekel (2023) News – more than just a novel data source in regional science. GEO-TEXT workshop; 2023-05-25.

Tom Broekel (2023) Boosting, Sorting, and Complexity – Urban Scaling of Innovation Around the World. NordicERSA Online-Seminar; 2023-02-10.

Tom Broekel (2023) The long-term evolution of technological complexity & its relationship with economic growth. Faculty of Technology and Science Research Seminar; 2023-02-22.

Tom Broekel (2023) The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with Economic Growth. TU Berlin Invited Seminar; 2023-02-16.

Tom Broekel (2023) Urban scaling 1877 to 2020: Boosting, Sorting & Complexity. 3rd DFG-Network meeting; 2023-06-02.

Tom Broekel (2023) ChatGPT: Embrace or Reject?. UiS Stavanger Business School, Alumni Meeting; 2023-11-23.

Tom Broekel (2023) Navigating AI in Business Practises and Academia: Reflections & Realities. Stavanger Business School Breakfast Meeting; 2023-11-16.

Tom Broekel (2023) The Evolution of the Regional Demand for Green and ICT Skills in Norway,. RSA Annual Conference; 2023-06-16.

Tom Broekel (2023) Navigating AI in Business Practises and Academia: Reflections and Realities. Forskerforbundet ved UiS: OU-seminar; 2023-12-04.

Tom Broekel (2023) The Skill Divide: How Urban and Rural Job Markets Shape Occupational Skill Profiles. UiS Stavanger Business School Innovation Research Seminar; 2023-11-22.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Silje Haus-Reve (2022) How regions diversify into new jobs: From related industries or related occupations?. Regional Innovation Policies Conference; 2022-09-22 - 2022-09-24.

Tom Broekel; Jason Deegan (2022) In the beginning was the Word – A text-based perspective on regional development. Global Conference on Economic Geography; 2022-06-09.

Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel; Jason Deegan (2022) What we do or where we work. 61st ERSA Congress; 2022-08-22 - 2022-08-26.

Hilde Garlid; Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel (2022) DiveOpp, et nytt selskap fra UiS-forskning.

Marie Håland; Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel (2022) Forskarar frå UiS har utvikla analyseverktøy for økonomisk vekst.

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar (2022) How regions diversify into new jobs: From related industries or related occupations?. Regions In Recovery; 2022-03-24.

Tom Broekel (2022) What you read is what you see? Wind turbines in the German news. RSA City and Regional Sustainability Transitions ; 2022-10-20.

Tom Broekel (2022) Boosting, sorting, and complexity – Urban scaling of innovation across cities around the world. Geography of Innovation ; 2022-07-06.

Tom Broekel (2022) In the beginning was the Word – A text-based perspective on regional development. GfR Annual Meeting; 2022-06-15 - 2022-06-17.

Tom Broekel (2022) The long-term evolution of technological complexity and its relationship with economic growth. Annual Forskermøtet ; 2022-10-25.

Tom Broekel (2022) Technological complexity and its implication for innovation policy. NetSurvey Workshop; 2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25.

Tom Broekel (2021) Warum „mehr messen“ keine Lösung, sondern eher das Problem ist. I: Tagesspiegel. ISSN 1865-2263.

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

Tom Broekel; Siddharth Sareen; Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen Solheim; Rune Todnem By; Alexander Karl Rothkopf (2021) Dog Eat Dog.

Tom Broekel (2021) The regional dimension of news. 60th ERSA Annual Congress; 2021-08-28.

Tom Broekel (2021) Did you see the news? Linking local news and regional development,. 60th ERSA Annual Congress; 2021-08-24.

Tom Broekel (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.

Tom Broekel (2021) Technological complexity and economic growth. Complexity Science Hub Vienna Seminars; 2021-05-07.

Tom Broekel (2021) The relationship of skill-complexity, diversity, and relatedness with regional growth, invited seminar. WIFO Research Seminar; 2021-04-14.

Tom Broekel (2021) The relationship of skill-complexity, diversity, and relatedness with regional growth. Regions in Recovery festival; 2021-06-11.

Tom Broekel (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.

Tom Broekel (2021) R&D subsidies – What is “left” to be explored?. COSPIN Workshop; 2021-10-28.

Tom Broekel (2021) The Geography of Innovation News. Jena Economic Research Seminar Wintersemester 2021/22; 2021-11-17.

Tom Broekel (2021) The spatial diffusion of simple and complex technologies. GSSI Webinar; 2021-10-28.

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Rune Dahl Fitjar (2021) Is smart specialisation helping regions to support the right activities?.

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Rune Dahl Fitjar (2020) Searching through the haystack: The relatedness and complexity of prioritised industries. European Policies Research Centre Webinar Series; 2020-11-04.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve; Tom Broekel (2020) Smart spesialisering i Rogaland. Kommuneøkonomidagen; 2020-08-25.

Jason Deegan; Tom Broekel; Rune Dahl Fitjar (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.

Silje Haus-Reve; Rune Dahl Fitjar; Tom Broekel; L Knüpling (2020) Smart specialization in skills: Skill-complexity and skill-relatedness of Norwegian regions.. Geography of Innovation Conference; 2020-11-28 - 2020-11-29.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve; Tom Brökel (2019) Smart spesialisering i Rogaland. Verdiskapingsforum; 2019-11-01.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve; Tom Brökel (2019) Hva kan vi bli gode på i Rogaland? Mot en ny strategi for næringsutvikling?. Børs og fakultet; 2019-10-02.

Rune Dahl Fitjar; Silje Haus-Reve; Tom Brökel (2019) Smart spesialisering i Rogaland. Presentasjon for Rogaland fylkeskommune; 2019-09-30.

Tom Broekel; Thomas Brenner (2019) Evolutionary economics and policy: Introduction to the special issue. I: Journal of evolutionary economics. ISSN 0936-9937. s.1373-1378. DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00646-7

Tom Broekel (2002) The Geography of Innovation. BISS Bochum International Summer School; 2002-08-22 - 2022-08-26.

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