Florian Blösl has been an external Ph.D. student at the Department of Media at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar since May 2023 at the Chair of Innovation Management and Media (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kunz) and works in parallel as a Teaching & Research Assistant in the Department of Business & Management at Management Center Innsbruck in Austria. His primary research interests are focused on the behavioral consequences of proactive decision-making, especially in the context of entrepreneurial, financial, and media-specific behaviors. He is investigating such behaviors by participating in the project "Antecedents and consequences of proactive decision-making" led by Prof. Dr. Johannes Siebert at the Management Center Innsbruck.
Before his academic career, he completed an apprenticeship as a banking professional (IHK), gained extensive professional experience in the banking industry, and completed his business studies part-time at Steinbeis University Berlin (B.A.) and Management Center Innsbruck (M.A.). His professional experiences were a critical motivating factor for taking up his in-depth academic work. Privately, he enjoys Innsbruck's surroundings, which he explores on foot, by mountain bike, or on skis.
Publications
Siebert, J., Siebert, J. U., & Blösl, F. (2025). Deciding for a secure tomorrow: Proactive decision-making and retirement financial planning behavior. European Journal of Operational Research. Advance online publication.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.10.021
Presentations at conferences and conventions
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, September). Deciding to see the unseen – Using proactive decision-making to explain entrepreneurial alertness. Paper presented at the VHB TIE-Tagung 2025, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, June). Capturing entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through proactive decision-making.Paper presented at the IMM-Forschungskolloquium, Hochschule Macromedia, Munich, Germany.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, June). Assessing entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the Kolloquium Management Science, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, June). The role of proactive decision-making in disseminating entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions. Paper presented at the VIII Paper Development Seminar, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, May). Explaining entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the IMM-Forschungskolloquium, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Online.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2025, January). Examining entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the IMM-Forschungskolloquium, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2024, September). Disseminating entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the 22nd IECER Entrepreneurship Conference, Management Center Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2024, September). Examining entrepreneurial alertness through proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the ESU Conference and Doctoral Program “Technology for Better Futures”, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Linz, Austria.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2024, July). Selected behavioral consequences of proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the Kolloquium Management Science, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2024, May). Using proactive decision-making to explain entrepreneurial alertness. Paper presented at the VII Paper Development Seminar, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2024, May). Selected entrepreneurial consequences of proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the Research Seminar of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation (E&I) Research Group SEJ-689, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., Kunz, R. E., & Siebert, J. (2023, October). Examining individuals’ retirement planning behavior – The contributions of proactive decision-making. Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA.
Blösl, F., Siebert, J. U., & Kunz, R. E. (2023, July). Using proactive decision-making to explain entrepreneurial intentions and behavior. Paper presented at the Kolloquium Management Science, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Courses
Master Medienmanagement
- Lecture “Investment and Financing”