KATHARINA WEIß Email: [email protected]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
LMU Munich School of Management Since 2019 Assistant Professor Chair: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Sellhorn Institute of Accounting, Auditing and Analysis London School of Economics and Political Science 2018 Visiting Scholar Invited by Prof. Dr. Andrea Mennicken Department of Accounting
University of Potsdam 2012 – 2018 Research Assistant Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulfert Gronewold Institute of Accounting and Auditing in the Private and Public Sector
EDUCATION
University of Potsdam 2012 – 2018 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.) in Accounting (summa cum laude)
Humboldt University of Berlin 2009 – 2012 M.Sc. of Business Administration
Uppsala University (Sweden) 2010 – 2011 Exchange Term
University of Potsdam 2006 – 2009 B.Sc. of Business and Economics
RESEARCH Interests Financial reporting including regulation, accounting quality, economic effects of accounting, nonfinancial disclosures, and managerial traits
Working Papers “EFRAG’s Role in the International Standard-Setting Process” with Ulfert Gronewold (University of Potsdam) ꝏ “Who matters more? The Incremental Effect of CEOs versus CFOs on Financial Misreporting” with Denny Kutter (University of Potsdam) ꝏ “Financial Reporting Standard Setting: The Role of Real Effects” with Joachim Gassen (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Thorsten Sellhorn (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich) “Audit Quality: New Perspectives from Audit Committee Chairs” with Jürgen Ernstberger (Technical University of Munich), Bernhard Pellens (Ruhr University of Bochum), André Schmidt (Ruhr University of Bochum), and Thorsten Sellhorn (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich)
1 of 3 Works in Progress “Real Effects in Financial Reporting Standard Setting: Evidence from IFRS 16” with Ann-Kristin Großkopf and Thorsten Sellhorn (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich) “Establishing the Global Sustainability Reporting Standard Setter: Exploring the Narratives and Logics of the IFRS Foundation” with Thorsten Sellhorn and Victor Wagner (Ludwig- Maximilians-University of Munich)
Publications in Practitioner Journals and Books Globale Standards für Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung – Eine kritische Analyse des Vorstoßes der IFRS-Stiftung, Der Betrieb, Issue 30 (2021), pp. 1621–1629. Digitalisierung im Rechnungswesen 2020 with Ulrich Gundel (KPMG Germany), Thomas Hess (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich), Markus Kreher (KPMG Germany), Antonia Köster (University of Potsdam), and Thorsten Sellhorn (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich) ꝏ Contribution as a collaborator: Pellens/Fülbier/Gassen/Sellhorn: Internationale Rechnungs- legung, 11th edition. ꝏ
INVITED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS (* presented, conference chair)
2021 AAA Annual Meeting* 2021 1st EAA Virtual Congress* 2021 2nd TRR 266 Annual Conference* 2020 1st TRR 266 Mini Conference (organization committee)* 2020 15th EUFIN (WU Vienna University)* 2019 42th EAA Annual Congress (Cyprus)* 2019 AOS Workshop FRASOP (London School of Economics) 2018 41th EAA Annual Congress (Milan)* 2018 Annual Accounting Conference (ESMT Berlin) 2018 40th EAA Annual Congress (Valencia)* 2017 AAA IAS Midyear Meeting (Tampa)* 2017 IAS Mid-Year Doctoral/New Faculty Consortium (Tampa)* 2017 38th EAA Annual Congress (Glasgow)* 2015 Ph.D. Seminar: Market-Based Research in International Accounting 2014 (University of Zurich)* 5th Doctoral Seminar on Accounting (Leipzig Graduate School of 2014 Management)* 10th EUFIN (University of Regensburg) 2014 WHU Summer Program in Accounting Research* 2013
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ad-hoc Reviewer for Academic Journals European Accounting Review, Journal of Business Research, Accounting in Europe Conference Reviewer AAA Annual Meeting, EAA Annual Congress, FARS Midyear Meeting, IAS Midyear Meeting
RESEARCH GRANTS
TRR 266 Call for Smart Research Ideas (8.000 €) 2021 TRR 266 Research Grant (50.000€) 2020 TRR 266 Mentoring Program for Female Young Researcher 2020
2 of 3 TRR 266 Call for Smart Research Ideas (10.000 €) 2020 LMU Mentoring Program (3.000 €) 2020 Research Grant from the Dean’s Office – Faculty of Economics and 2018 Social Sciences of the University of Potsdam (5.000 €) Potsdam Graduate School, research grant (500 €) 2017
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LMU Munich School of Management: Introduction to Financial Accounting (Lecturer for 800 students) Bachelor of Science Seminar in Accounting, Auditing and Analysis (Seminar) Bachelor of Science Empirical Research in Accounting, Auditing and Analysis (Tutorial) Master of Science Accounting for M&A Transactions (Tutorial) Master of Science
University of Potsdam: Introduction to Financial Accounting (Lecturer for 350 students) Bachelor of Science Accounting and Audit Research (Tutorial) Master of Science Audit Behavior and Efficiency (Tutorial) Master of Science Accounting Research Seminar (Seminar) Master of Science
University of Innsbruck: International Accounting (Seminar) Master of Science
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member of Appointment Committees (University of Potsdam) 2018/2019 W1 (tenure-track) “Controlling” W1 “Ernst & Young Endowed Professorship in Business, specializing in 2018 Taxation” W1 “SAP-Professorship of Business Information Systems, with a Focus 2013/2014 on Social Media and Internet-based Research Methods” W3 “Professorship of Leadership, Organizational Behaviour and Human 2013 Resource Management”
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
The European Accounting Association (EAA) The American Accounting Association (AAA) The German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Collaborative Research Center
Update: July 2021
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