Welcome!

I am a 5th-year PhD candidate in Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC Paris, supervised by Prof. Thomas Åstebro. I am also a Research Fellow at the ION Management Science Lab in Paris and an external researcher at France Travail.

My research lies at the intersection of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with a focus on the application of AI to evaluate startup potential in accelerator programs. I also run large-scale field experiments (RCTs) on entrepreneurship training and on the formation of educational and career choices.

In Spring 2026 I visited the Financial Markets Group at LSE, hosted by Prof Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe.

I am the founder and lead-organizer of the HEC PhD Economics Conference and the Natural Language in Economics Online Seminar.

I am on the 2026/2027 academic job market.

andrew.funck@hec.edu    CV