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I am Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting at the University of Twente (the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Financial Engineering Group).

My background is in economics (Diplom, University of Bonn), philosophy (PhD) and sociology (Habilitation). I was a researcher and a lecturer at the University of Leicester (UK), University of Constance (Germany), Zeppelin University (Germany) and University of Basel (Switzerland). I also gathered practical experience as a portfolio manager and financial analyst at the Alliance Global Investors (former DIT, Dresdner Bank), in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

My empirical research concerns with the intersections of technologies, data, and social relations across two domains: (I) financial markets (valuation, communication between investors and companies, the role of financial intermediaries etc.) and (II) the public sector accounting (open data initiatives, digitalization, and risk communication). Additionally, I engage in theoretical research focusing on (III) expectations, unawareness, uncertainty, probability and sense-making in economics and finance.

Notably, my research focus has been on modeling and, more recently, AI technologies in finance, exploring their impact on investment decisions, influence on markets and society, and the associated ethical considerations. Within this domain, I have made contributions to social studies of finance, philosophy of science, and the sociology of modeling. Recently, I have delved into the ethical dimensions of AI (including ethics of systemic risks) and the roles of biodiversity modeling in finance.

I have extensive teaching experience in these fields, offering courses such as 'On the Limits of Financial Modeling and Algorithmic Trading' (executives), 'Introduction to the Social Studies of Finance' (PhD), 'AI Ethics in Finance' (masters), 'Corporate Finance' (bachelors and masters), 'Business Valuation and Corporate Governance' (masters), 'Foundations of Financial Analysis and Investment' (masters), 'Behavioral Finance' (masters and bachelors), 'Financial and Management Accounting' (masters and bachelors), 'Capital Market Theory' (masters) and 'Economic Sociology' (bachelors). 

A number of grants and visiting fellowships were instrumental in shaping my academic path: the ESRC “Re-building macroeconomics” network (Finance Hub Leader), National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London; “Risk reporting for a safe and resilient society: A comparative study of the UK and the Netherlands” (CI), the VU Amsterdam and the University of Twente collaboration funding scheme; “Accounting for trust in governmental reporting” (PI), funding scheme of BAFA (British Accounting and Finance Association) and ACCA; the EPSRC/ESRC “Communication of uncertainties about company’s future to capital markets” (PI); “Shaping local government financial reporting: starting from the citizens” (CI), University of Leicester; the ERC “Evaluation Practices in Financial Markets” (CI), University of Edinburgh; research fellowships at Research Collegium Helveticum-Basel/the Centre for Religion, Economy and Politics (ZRWP), University of Basel; at the Trends and Tensions in Intellectual Integration (TINT) Group, Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland, and at the Center of Excellence “Cultural Foundations of Integration”, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Constance, Germany.

From January 2024, I will work on the new project 'Digital Finance - Reaching New Frontiers' (Horizon Marie SkƂodowska-Curie Actions Industrial Doctoral Network). In this network, I will collaborate as a member of the leading UT consortium, supervising Ph.D. students' research on Explainable and Fair AI and Sustainability of Digital Finance.

Expertise

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

    • Financial Market
    • Finance
    • Unawareness
  • Social Sciences

    • Markets
    • Expectations
    • Economics
    • Reporting
    • Example

Organisations

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