About me

Enrique Acebo is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Leon's Department of Management and Business Economics. He is also a collaborator on the IRPAS (Inflatable Remotely Piloted Airship) project, an industry-focused initiative addressing innovation challenges in the aerospace sector.

He serves as the Research Coordinator for the ACEDE Operations and Technology Division and as Social Media Editor for Industry and Innovation. He regularly peer-reviews for journals including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Science and Public Policy, and Business Research Quarterly.

His research focuses on eco-innovation, the twin transition (green and digital), innovation policy evaluation, and the new space economy. He combines causal inference techniques and econometric analysis to explore how firms drive sustainable development and adapt to technological transformation. He has secured funding for research projects investigating business ecosystems and sustainable innovation, supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

His work has been published in leading journals such as Industry and Innovation, Science and Public Policy, European Journal of Innovation Management, and Business Strategy and the Environment. He has presented at major conferences including DRUID, ACEDE, and R&D Management.

Among his honours is the Best Reviewer Award from Industry and Innovation (2022) and several Best Paper Nominations at the ACEDE Conference. He was awarded a PhD FPU Fellowship by the Spanish Ministry of Science (2019-2022) and received the Extraordinary Prize of Master's Degree from the University of Leon.

He earned his PhD in Business Economics with Summa Cum Laude and an International Mention from the University of Leon (2022). He has gained international research experience through a Miguel Dols Fellowship at the Canada Blanch Centre, London School of Economics (2023), a research stay at Copenhagen Business School's Department of Strategy and Innovation (2022), and the Frontiers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme organised by Fundacion Rafael del Pino in collaboration with MIT.