Dr Felix Honecker
- Lecturer in Management (Management)
telephone:
07565471069
email:
Felix.Honecker@glasgow.ac.uk
2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G11 6EY
Biography
Felix is a Lecturer in Management at the Adam Smith Business School and an Associate of the Deep Tech Innovation Centre. His research explores how high-stakes judgments and decisions are made in frontier technology contexts, and how understanding these socio-cognitive processes can inform the design, management, and growth of organisations operating under extreme technological uncertainty. Methodologically, his work is grounded in qualitative inquiry and is increasingly complemented by experimental and computational approaches.
He was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of Glasgow. His doctoral research was part of the EC funded MCSA-ITN Project Legitimation of Newness and Its Impact on EU Agenda for Change, exploring the legitimation of new technologies, business models, and ecosystems in FinTech. Afterwards, Felix joined the UKRI/ESRC-funded Future Finance project, which investigated ways to enhance the innovation capacity of small and medium-sized financial services firms.
Prior to joining the University, Felix worked as the Head of Finance for his family’s metal construction business and as an inhouse management consultant for Bosch in Germany. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and management from Aalen University in Germany, a master’s in entrepreneurship, innovation & technology from Strathclyde Business School and a PhD in Management from the University of Glasgow.
Research interests
Research interests:
- High-stakes judgments and decisions in technology firms
- Hype and deception in science, technology, and entrepreneurship
- AI-driven enterprises and innovation methods
Grants
- 2026-2029: Innovate UK: TechLocal AI Professional Practice Studio for SME Productivity and Growth (GBP 372,000; Co-Investigator)
- 2025-2026: The Royal Society of Edinburgh International Joint Project - "Deceptive Entrepreneurship in Digital Spaces: A Conceptualization and Empirical Investigation" (GBP 11,200; Principal Investigator)
- 2025: ASBS Grand Challenges Fund - "Social Studies of Deep Tech: Realising the Potential of Science and Technology in Tackling Today’s Grand Challenges" (GBP 7,500; Member of Leadership Team)
Teaching
- Entrepreneurial Selling (UG)
- Digital Transformation (PGT)
- Digital Entrepreneurship (PGT)
- Innovation Management and Technology Transfer (PGT)