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  • Award for the master thesis of Matthias Hrinkow
     

    In the course of the 42nd Controller Day of the Controller Institute, master theses were again awarded the Excellence in Research on Financial Leadership - Award. With the thesis "What is key? The development of non-financial KPI of listed Austrian and German companies", Matthias Hrinkow received one of the awards presented by the CFO Club Austria and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
     

  • WU matters. WU talks

    Prof. Petutschnig speaks at "WU matters. WU talks" vor. Details can be found here: Announcement.
     

  • Accounting Forum Editorial

    Prof. Dr. Katrin Hummel has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal Accounting Forum. The journal publishes articles on current issues in accounting and is characterized by a variety of methods and research paradigms. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katrin Hummel is very pleased to support Accounting Forum with her expertise.
     

  • Current application issues in connection with the EU Taxonomy Regulation (RWZ)

    In the first issue of the Journal "Zeitschrift für Recht und Rechnungswesen" (RWZ) in 2022, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katrin Hummel, Mag. Sanela Terko, CPA and Matthias Hrinkow discuss current application issues in connection with the EU Taxonomy Regulation. Specifically, problems for reporting practice, such as the lack of a definition of the term "economic activity" and ambiguities regarding the materiality thresholds to be applied, are identified and solutions are proposed based on these. The article is available at the following link: Hrinkow/Hummel/Terko - RWZ 1/2022
     

  • The Accounting & Reporting group wishes you a Merry Christmas, relaxing holidays and a good start into a healthy and successful year 2022!
     

  • Distance learning and teaching

    Due to the current measures taken by the federal government to reduce COVID-19 infections, the WU switched to distance learning on Monday, November 22, 2021. Therefore, all courses of the Accounting and Reporting group are held online ever since. In particular, the course "The Practice of Sustainability Disclosure" will be taught exclusively online from the first lesson starting on November 30, 2021. 
     

  • Green Deal – Green Finance – Green Reporting

    On October 18, 2021, KSW and iwp held a symposium on the topic "Green Deal - Green Finance - Green Reporting". In a keynote speech on "Accounting for Sustainability", Prof. Dr. Katrin Hummel provided current insights into accounting research in the context of sustainability. Further information is available here.
     

  • New team member

    As of 01.10.2021, Mr. Lukas Haider has started as a university assistant prae doc at the department. The position is funded by EY and is embedded in a close exchange between practice and research.
     

  • Tax & Legal Excellence Lounge Vienna
     

    On September 23, Prof. Dr. Hummel gave a presentation on sustainability reporting as part of a lecture evening on "Global Sustainability Policy and the Transformation of Business" at the Tax & Legal Excellence Lounge Vienna. Her presentation focused on the role of reporting in the context of the transformation to a sustainable economy. Against the background of the current regulatory challenge, Prof. Dr. Hummel presented key findings of her research.

    Link to Tax & Legal Excellence Lounge Vienna:

    www.tax-legal-excellence.com/lounge/globale-nachhaltigkeitspolitik-und-transformation-der-wirtschaft/
     

  • Specialization Sustainability Disclosure

    Regulatory and societal developments push sustainability disclosure to the top of the management agenda. There is a great need for expertise in the design and implementation of robust and compliant sustainability disclosure and for a better understanding of the consequences of this new phenomenon.

    Therefore the Accounting & Reporting group provides the specialization Sustainability Disclosure for the Master's Degree Finance and Accounting to provide further insights in this constantly developing and ever more important topic. Further information is available here.
     

  • New team member

    The Accounting & Reporting group welcomes Matthias Hrinkow, who will support the group's research starting from 01.09.2021. The position is funded by BDO and is closely integrated into a research cooperation with BDO. Within the scope of this cooperation, Mr. Hrinkow will intensively deal with the sustainability reporting of Austrian companies and the increased regulatory requirements in this area.
     

  • Research cooperation with practice

    The Accounting & Reporting group is in close contact with practice. The current dynamics in the regulation of sustainability reporting in the EU forces many Austrian companies to deal with this topic in a timely and in-depth manner. In this context, we are constantly looking for interested and qualified graduates with a Master's degree who, in cooperation with a practice representative, can support the group in research tasks within the framework of a position as university assistant/in prae. If you are interested, please contact Prof. Hummel directly.
     

  • Disclosure on the Sustainable Development Goals

    In a current research paper, Katrin Hummel and Manuel Szekely (University of Zurich) give an overview of the reporting by European companies on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their research shows that reporting on the SDGs is basically still in its infancy, whereby both financial and non-financial stakeholders are driving the reporting. The article has been accepted for publication in the journal “Accounting in Europe” and is available as a working paper under the following link (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411017).