Profile:

Mathias Boënne is assistant professor at Utrecht University, School of Economics, in the Section of Entrepreneurship. His research and teaching focuses on creativity, intrapreneurship, crowdsourcing and innovation strategy.

Creativity and entrepreneurship are not only two of his key values, he is a vivid practitioner of them. Besides teaching courses on entrepreneurship and innovation, he drives teaching innovation at the University through his involvement in education committees as well as in the redesign and delivery of his own courses. Outside the classroom, he practices (amateur) boxing, he analyses film techniques and storyboarding in local cinemas and he is co-founder of Joli Café, a local, sustainable (and the smallest) coffee bar in the Utrecht hills region. He regularly presents his research at acclaimed academic conferences (Academy of Management, DRUID, Innovation and Product Development Conference, Research on Entrepreneurship Conference,...).

Professionel education:

Mathias completed his doctoral education at KU Leuven and Vlerick Business School. His PhD dissertation on 'the design of idea contests in the front end of the innovation process' was nominated as best dissertation in technology and innovation management by the Academy of Management in 2022. Before his PhD studies, Mathias obtained an MSc degree in Business Economics at the KU Leuven, with the best dissertation prize for his thesis on 'fostering creativity in organizations through workplace design'. 

Prior work activities:

Before joining Utrecht University as professor, Mathias conducted embedded research on creative development processes in a multimedia company, holding affiliations to the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam. Besides, Mathias is research associate at the University of Bath, School of Management (UK) and a research fellow at Vlerick Business School.