Prof. Dr. Jens Wüstemann

Chair of Accounting and Auditing

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Credit: Fotostudio klassisch-modern

Main fields of research

• Financial Accounting
• Normative Accounting Research
• Institutional Economics
• Behavioral Law and Economics
• Business Valuation
• Corporate Governance and Auditing

Curriculum vitae

1994	Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt
1994	Maîtrise des Sciences de Gestion, Université Paris IX Dauphine, Paris
1995	Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1997	Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), Goethe University, Frankfurt
1999	Visiting Scholar, Stern School, New York University, New York
2000	Habilitation, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
2001	Teaching Position, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin
Since 2001	Professor of Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing, University of Mannheim, Mannheim
2002–2009	Board Member and Project Leader of the German National Research Center 504 (SFB 504)
2004–2011	Academic Director, ESSEC & Mannheim EMBA, Mannheim
2006	Visiting Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris
Since 2007	Academic Director of the Master of Accounting and Taxation, Mannheim
2009–2011	Board Member, Accounting Standards Committee of Germany
Since 2010	President of Mannheim Business School, Mannheim
Since 2014	Chairman of the Common Content Oversight Commitee
Since 2021	Vice-Chairmann of Berlin Center of Corporate Governance (BCCG)

Selected memberships

• Chair, Oversight Committee of the Common Content Project (Professional Accountancy Qualifications)
• Member, Working Group Financial Accounting (Arbeitskreis Externe Unternehmensrechnung) of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft

Prizes, awards, honors

• Best Paper Award, Accounting Section of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) and IAAER, 2009
• Wilhelm Merton Ph.D. Award,1998
• Faculty Award, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, 1994
• Egon Zehnder Diploma Thesis Award, 1994
• German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), 1990 to 1994

Selected editorial activities

• Co-Editor: Schulze-Osterloh, J./Hennrichs, J./Wüstemann, J. (2014), Handbuch des Jahresabschlusses. Bilanzrecht nach HGB, EStG, IFRS. 4 Vol., 4.812 pages, Verlag Otto Schmidt
• Series Co-Editor: Rechungswesen und Überwachung, Springer Publishing Group
• Member of the Editorial Board of Accounting, Economics and Law – A Convivium

Selected publications